1757
Siege of Fort William Henry
Siege · North America
On this day
3 August
280 events in the atlas are dated to 3 August, from 431 BCE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 280 events
- 431 BCE – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1881
Pretoria Convention
Treaty · Sub-Saharan Africa
1914
Western Front
Event · Europe · 1914 – 1918
1926
Cristero War
Rebellion · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean · 1926 – 1929
2016
Emirates Flight 521
Accident · Middle East
2019
2019 El Paso shooting
Attack · North America
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 1 eventThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 9 events- 1342Siege of AlgecirasSiege · Europe · 1342 – 1344
- 1327Battle of Stanhope ParkBattle · Europe
- 1492first voyage of Christopher ColumbusExploration · Europe · 1492 – 1493
- 13611361 Nankaido earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 881 CEBattle of Saucourt-en-VimeuBattle · Europe
- 1427Battle of TachovBattle · Europe
- 14141414 Sansepolcro earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 908 CEBattle of EisenachBattle · Europe
- 868 CE868 Harima earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 27 events- 1757Siege of Fort William HenrySiege · North America
- 1644Battle of FreiburgBattle · Europe
- 1645Battle of NördlingenBattle · Europe
- 1796Battle of LonatoBattle · Europe
- 1749Battle of AmburBattle · South Asia
- 1692Battle of SteenkerqueBattle · Europe
- 1769Founding of Santa MonicaFounding · North America
- 1601Battle of GuruslăuBattle · Europe
- 1640Siege of MalaccaSiege · Southeast Asia · 1640 – 1641
- 1778Construction of La ScalaConstruction · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 31 events- 1881Pretoria ConventionTreaty · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1804Second Battle of Tripoli HarborBattle · North Africa
- 18201820 Henan earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1889Battle of ToskiBattle
- 1826Siege of the AcropolisSiege · Europe · 1826 – 1827
- 1863Founding of DeltaFounding · North America
- 1852Great Fire of VaasaEvent · Europe
- 1896Founding of CerrillosFounding · South America
- 1821Founding of Protectorate of San MartínFounding · South America
- 18961896 Eastern North America heat waveNatural disaster · North America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 140 events- 1914Western FrontEvent · Europe · 1914 – 1918
- 1926Cristero WarRebellion · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean · 1926 – 1929
- 1919Chicago Race Riot of 1919War
- 1942Operation PedestalBattle · North Africa
- 1914Asian and Pacific theater of World War IEvent · East Asia · 1914 – 1919
- 1940Italian invasion of British SomalilandEvent · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1914Balkans TheaterEvent · Europe · 1914 – 1918
- 1914East African CampaignWar · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1914 – 1918
- 1914African theater of World War IEvent · North Africa · 1914 – 1918
- 1990Kattankudy mosque massacreAttack · South Asia
The 21st century
since 2001 · 72 events- 20192019 El Paso shootingAttack · North America
- 2007killing of Peter ConnellyNatural disaster · Europe
- 2016Emirates Flight 521Accident · Middle East
- 2019Typhoon LekimaEvent
- 2022August 2022 Nagorno-Karabakh clashesEvent · Middle East
- 20142014 Ludian earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 2022Battle of SoledarBattle · Europe · 2022 – 2023
- 20052005 Mauritanian coup d'étatPolitical · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 20132013 attack on Indian consulate in JalalabadEvent · South Asia
- 20102010 Israel-Lebanon clashBattle · Middle East
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.