1509
Battle of Diu
Battle · South Asia
On this day
3 February
247 events in the atlas are dated to 3 February, from 200 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 247 events
- 200 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1813
Battle of San Lorenzo
Battle · South America
1830
London Protocol of 1830
Treaty · Europe
1959
The Day the Music Died
Accident · North America
1972
1972 Iran blizzard
Event
2020
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Election · North America
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 1 eventThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 1 eventEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 24 events- 1509Battle of DiuBattle · South Asia
- 16051605 Nankaido earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 16051605 Keichō earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 16051605 Enshunada earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 16581658 Hebei earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1779Battle of BeaufortBattle · North America
- 1583Battle of São VicenteBattle · South America
- 16101610 La Grita earthquakeNatural disaster · South America
- 1567Battle of RunaferBattle · Europe
- 1795Conspiracy of San BlasEvent · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 35 events- 1813Battle of San LorenzoBattle · South America
- 1852Battle of CaserosBattle · South America
- 1830London Protocol of 1830Treaty · Europe
- 1885Lạng Sơn CampaignWar · Southeast Asia
- 1807Battle of AllensteinBattle · Europe
- 1876Loizaga – Cotegipe TreatyTreaty · South America
- 1823Founding of ItapipocaFounding · South America
- 1833Founding of SilaoFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1832Founding of JonesportFounding · North America
- 1859solar eclipse of February 3, 1859Event
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 93 events- 1959The Day the Music DiedAccident · North America
- 1945Battle of ManilaBattle · Southeast Asia
- 19721972 Iran blizzardEvent
- 1998Cavalese cable car disasterAccident · Europe
- 1937Battle of MálagaBattle · Europe
- 1953Batepá massacreAttack · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 19621962 Pacific typhoon seasonEvent
- 1967murder of Colette AramNatural disaster · Europe
- 1975Japan Airlines food poisoning incidentEpidemic · Europe
- 1976Founding of Borno StateFounding · Sub-Saharan Africa
The 21st century
since 2001 · 93 events- 20202020 Democratic Party presidential primariesElection · North America
- 20232023 Ohio train derailmentAccident · North America
- 20202020 Republican Party presidential primariesElection · North America
- 20192019 Salvadoran presidential electionElection · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 20132013 Southern California shootingsNatural disaster · North America
- 20142014 Moscow school shootingNatural disaster · Europe
- 2009HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant submarine collisionAccident
- 2005Kam Air Flight 904Event · South Asia
- 2013Super Bowl XLVII halftime showEvent · North America
- 20082008 Lake Kivu earthquakeNatural disaster · Sub-Saharan Africa
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.