On This Day in History for May 3
Events in History
- 1374 BC Solar eclipse (2m 07s) seen at Ugarit by Mesopotamian astronomers "On the day of the new moon, in the month of Hiyar, the Sun was put to shame, and went down in the daytime, with Mars in attendance."
- 1294 John II becomes Duke of Brabant and Limburg
- 1342 Count Hartmann II becomes ruler of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
- 1382 Battle of Beverhoutsveld near Bruges in modern-day Belgium - the army of Ghent beats a drunken Bruges militia
- 1491 Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptized by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I
- 1512 Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateran at St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome
- 1537 Strategic city of Santa Cruz de Mompox founded on the Magdalena River (modern Colombia) by Spanish conquistadors
- 1558 Ferdinand I officially appointed Holy Roman Emperor after his brother Charles abdicated in 1556
- More Events in History
Niccolo Machiavelli
Golda Meir
Akio Toyoda
Mehmed the Conqueror
Henry Ossian FlipperWeddings in History
- 1884 Mechanical engineer Frederick Winslow Taylor (28) weds Louise M. Spooner
- 1906 Waldof Astor marries fellow American Nancy Langhorne Shaw at All Souls Church in London, England
Divorces in History
- 2021 Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates announce their divorce after 27 years
More Weddings & Divorces in History
May in History
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag
Soldiers Raqymzhan Qoshqarbaev and Georgij Bulatov raise the Soviet Union flag on the roof of the Reichstag building in Berlin
May 2, 1945Volunteers Help Defeat General Strike
Britain's fist and only General Strike occurred in May 1926 and was quickly defeated by volunteers and a cunning plan by Winston Churchill.
May 3, 1926The Third of May 1808
The Third of May 1808, by Francisco de Goya
May 3, 1808‘At 60mph The Loudest Noise In A Rolls-Royce Is The Electric Clock’
One was from an impoverished background; the other was a member of the aristocracy. They came together to form Rolls-Royce, the iconic car manufacturer.
May 4, 1904
