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On August 3, 8: Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.

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Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.

The 0s began on January 1, AD 1 and ended on December 31, AD 9, covering the first nine years of the Common Era.

People

Born on August 3

Zach Wilson 1999– American football player (born 1999)
Brahim Díaz 1999– Morocco international footballer (born 1999)
Yoo Yeon-jung 1999– South Korean singer (born 1999)
Luis Robert Jr. 1997– Cuban-born baseball player (born 1997)
Alec Bohm 1996– American baseball player (born 1996)
Bokondji Imama 1996– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)
Derwin James 1996– American football player (born 1996)
Zac Gallen 1995– American baseball player (born 1995)
Victoria Kan 1995– Russian tennis player (born 1995)
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Kwon Alexander 1994– American football player (born 1994)
Manaia Cherrington 1994– New Zealand rugby league footballer
Esther Earl 1994– American author and online personality (1994–2010)
Todd Gurley 1994– American football player (born 1994)
Younghoe Koo 1994– South Korean-American football player (born 1994)
Ola Abidogun 1993– British Paralympic athlete
Yurina Kumai 1993– Japanese pop singer and fashion model (born 1993)
Gamze Bulut 1992– Turkish middle-distance runner (born 1992)
Gesa Felicitas Krause 1992– German steeplechase runner

People

Died on August 3

Loni Anderson American actress (1945–2025)
Yamini Krishnamurthy Indian dancer (1940–2024)
Mark Margolis American actor (1939–2023)
Bram Moolenaar Dutch computer programmer (1961–2023)
Jackie Walorski American politician (1963–2022)
John Hume Irish nationalist politician (1937–2020)
Robert Conquest British-American historian and poet (1917–2015)
Mel Farr American football player and businessman (1944–2015)
Coleen Gray American actress (1922–2015)
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Margot Loyola Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918)
Johanna Quandt German businesswoman (1926–2015)
Jef Murray American fantasy artist and author
Miangul Aurangzeb Last wali ahad of former Swat State
Edward Clancy Australian cardinal (1923–2014)
Dorothy Salisbury Davis American novelist
Kenny Drew American jazz pianist (1958–2014)
Lydia Yu-Jose Filipino academic
John Coombs British racing driver

Timeline

Every August 3 on record

  1. 8 Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.

    First 9 years of the Common Era

    The 0s began on January 1, AD 1 and ended on December 31, AD 9, covering the first nine years of the Common Era.

  2. 435 Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.

    First among equals of leaders in the Orthodox Church

    The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is the archbishop of Constantinople and primus inter pares among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that comprise the Eastern Orthodox Church. The ecumenical patriarch is regarded as the representative and spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide. e.

  3. 881 Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.

    881 battle during the Viking invasions of West Francia

    The Battle of Saucourt was part of the Viking invasions of West Francia and occurred between forces of Vikings and the troops of Kings of West Francia, Louis III of France and his brother Carloman II, on 3 August 881 at Saucourt-en-Vimeu.

  4. 908 Battle of Eisenach: An invading Hungarian force defeats an East Frankish army under Duke Burchard of Thuringia.

    Battle between Hungarian and German forces

    The Battle of Eisenach in 908, was a crushing victory by a Hungarian army over an East Frankish army composed of troops from Franconia, Saxony, and Thuringia.

  5. 1031 Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.

    King of Norway from 1015 to 1028

    Saint Olaf, also called Olaf the Holy, Olaf II, Olaf Haraldsson, and Olaf the Stout or "Large", was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Son of Harald Grenske, a petty king in Vestfold, Norway, he was posthumously given the title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae and canonized at Nidaros (Trondheim) by Bishop Grimketel, one year after his death in the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030. His remains were enshrined in Nidaros Cathedral, built over his burial site.

  6. 1057 Frederick of Lorraine elected as Pope Stephen IX.
  7. 1342 The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
  8. 1492 Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
  9. 1527 The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.
  10. 1601 Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló.
  11. 1645 Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
  12. 1678 Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
  13. 1778 The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
  14. 1795 Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country.
  15. 1811 First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
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  1. 1829 The Treaty of Lewistown is signed by the Shawnee and Seneca peoples, exchanging land in Ohio for land west of the Mississippi River.
  2. 1852 Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also known as the first ever American intercollegiate athletic event.
  3. 1859 The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York.
  4. 1900 The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
  5. 1903 Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
  6. 1907 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
  7. 1914 World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
  8. 1921 Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
  9. 1936 Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
  10. 1936 A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
  11. 1940 World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
  12. 1946 Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
  13. 1948 Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
  14. 1949 The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
  15. 1958 The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole.

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