1793
War in the Vendée
Attack · Europe · 1793 – 1796
On this day
3 March
365 events in the atlas are dated to 3 March, from 705 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 365 events
- 705 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1878
Treaty of San Stefano
Treaty · Middle East
1923
Time
Event · North America
1965
Guatemalan Civil War
War · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean · 1965 – 1996
2009
2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team
Natural disaster · South Asia
2020
COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
Epidemic · South America
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 6 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 18 events- 1793War in the VendéeAttack · Europe · 1793 – 1796
- 1627First Manchu invasion of KoreaConquest · East Asia
- 1799Siege of JaffaSiege · Middle East
- 15131513 papal conclaveElection · Europe
- 1575Battle of TukaroiBattle · South Asia
- 1776Raid of NassauEvent · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1779Battle of Brier CreekBattle · North America
- 1592Founding of Trinity College, DublinFounding · Europe
- 1774Founding of EdgecombFounding · North America
- 1677First Battle of TobagoBattle · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 23 events- 1878Treaty of San StefanoTreaty · Middle East
- 18711871 German federal electionElection · Europe
- 1845Founding of FloridaFounding · North America
- 1877Battle of TabaruzakaBattle · East Asia
- 1886Treaty of BucharestTreaty · Europe
- 18711871 Ruang tsunamiNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 18711871 eruption of RuangNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 1882Founding of Alexander Nevsky CathedralFounding · Europe
- 1878Founding of Principality of BulgariaFounding · Europe
- 1874Founding of HopkintonFounding · North America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 144 events- 1923TimeEvent · North America
- 1965Guatemalan Civil WarWar · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean · 1965 – 1996
- 1918Treaty of Brest-LitovskTreaty · Europe
- 1973CITESTreaty
- 1974Turkish Airlines Flight 981Accident · Europe
- 1991United Airlines Flight 585Accident · North America
- 1944Balvano train disasterAccident · Europe
- 1978Internal SettlementTreaty · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1913Woman Suffrage ProcessionEvent · North America
- 1942Attack on BroomeEvent · Oceania
The 21st century
since 2001 · 174 events- 2021prelude to the Russian invasion of UkraineEvent · Europe · 2021 – 2022
- 20092009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket teamNatural disaster · South Asia
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in ArgentinaEpidemic · South America
- 2021murder of Sarah EverardNatural disaster · Europe
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in UkraineEpidemic · Europe
- 2008Operation Hot WinterEvent · Middle East
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in ChileEpidemic · South America
- 2012Szczekociny rail crashAccident · Europe
- 2026March 2026 lunar eclipseEvent
- 20202020 COVID-19 pandemic in LiechtensteinEpidemic · Europe
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.