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On December 3, 915: Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date).

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Featured moment · 915

Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date).

Pope John X was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from March 914 to his death. A candidate of the counts of Tusculum, he attempted to unify Italy under the leadership of Berengar of Friuli, and was instrumental in the defeat of the Saracens at the Battle of Garigliano. He eventually fell out with Marozia, who had him deposed, imprisoned, and finally murdered.

People

Born on December 3

Julius Honka 1995– Finnish ice hockey player (born 1995)
Angèle 1995– Belgian singer-songwriter (born 1995)
Jake T. Austin 1994– American actor (born 1994)
Lil Baby 1994– American rapper (born 1994)
Solomone Kata 1994– New Zealand and Tonga dual-code international rugby footballer
Bernarda Pera 1994– American tennis player (born 1994)
Cristian Ceballos 1992– Spanish footballer (born 1992)
Joseph McManners 1992– Musical artist
Ekaterine Gorgodze 1991– Georgian tennis player
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Christian Benteke 1990– Belgian footballer (born 1990)
Sharon Fichman 1990– Canadian tennis player
Matt Reynolds 1990– American baseball player (born 1990)
Selçuk Alibaz 1989– Turkish footballer
Alex McCarthy 1989– English footballer (born 1989)
Tomasz Narkun 1989– Polish mixed martial arts fighter
Melissa Aldana 1988– Chilean saxophonist (born 1988)
Michael Angarano 1987– American actor (born 1987)
Eric Barone 1987– American video game designer (born 1987)

People

Died on December 3

Mohamed Ali Yusuf Vice President of Puntland from 2004 to 2005
Ragnar Ulstein Norwegian journalist (1920–2019)
Gladstone Anderson Jamaican pianist and singer
Scott Weiland American singer (1967–2015)
Herman Badillo Puerto Rican politician
Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (born 1938)
Dev Anand Indian actor, producer and director (1923–2011)
Abdumalik Bahori Azerbaijani poet and author (born 1927)
Leila Lopes Actress, journalist and television presenter (1959–2009)
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Richard Todd British actor (1919–2009)
Robert Zajonc American social psychologist
James Kemsley Australian cartoonist
Frederick Ashworth United States Navy admiral
Herb Moford American baseball player (1928–2005)
Kikka Sirén Finnish pop/schlager singer
Shiing-Shen Chern Chinese-American mathematician and poet
David Hemmings English actor, director, and producer (1941–2003)
Sita Ram Goel Hindu nationalist writer and publisher (1921–2003)

Timeline

Every December 3 on record

  1. 915 Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date).

    Head of the Catholic Church from 914 to 928

    Pope John X was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from March 914 to his death. A candidate of the counts of Tusculum, he attempted to unify Italy under the leadership of Berengar of Friuli, and was instrumental in the defeat of the Saracens at the Battle of Garigliano. He eventually fell out with Marozia, who had him deposed, imprisoned, and finally murdered.

  2. 1775 American Revolution: USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Continental Union Flag (precursor to the "Stars and Stripes"); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.

    Founding of the United States

    The American Revolution (1765–1789) was a political movement in the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain. The movement began as a rebellion and evolved into a revolution resulting in the sovereign United States. These changes were the outcome of the associated American Revolutionary War.

  3. 1799 War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch.

    Second war on revolutionary France by European monarchies

    The War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) was the second war between revolutionary France and a coalition of European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and including the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Naples and various German monarchies. Prussia did not join the coalition, while Spain supported France.

  4. 1800 War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Jean Victor Marie Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war.

    1800 War of the Second Coalition battle

    The Battle of Hohenlinden was fought on 3 December 1800 during the French Revolutionary Wars. A French army under Jean Victor Marie Moreau won a decisive victory over an Austrian and Bavarian force led by 18-year-old Archduke John of Austria. The allies were forced into a disastrous retreat that compelled them to request an armistice, effectively ending the War of the Second Coalition.

  5. 1800 United States presidential election: The Electoral College casts votes for president and vice president that result in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.

    4th quadrennial U.S. presidential election

    Presidential elections were held in the United States from October 31 to December 3, 1800. In what is sometimes called the "Revolution of 1800", the Democratic-Republican Party candidate, Vice President Thomas Jefferson, defeated the Federalist Party candidate and incumbent, President John Adams in the first peaceful transfer of power in the history of the United States, creating a political realignment that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican leadership. S.

  6. 1818 Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
  7. 1834 The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.
  8. 1854 Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.
  9. 1859 Nigeria's first newspaper, missionary Henry Townsend's Iwe Irohin, was published.
  10. 1881 The first issue of Tamperean daily newspaper Aamulehti ("Morning Paper") is published.
  11. 1898 The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeats an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the first all-star game for professional American football.
  12. 1901 In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word report to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits". The speech was not delivered in person.
  13. 1904 The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
  14. 1910 Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
  15. 1912 Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
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  1. 1919 After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
  2. 1920 Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish-dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
  3. 1925 Final agreement is signed between the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom formalizing the Partition of Ireland.
  4. 1929 President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It is presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.
  5. 1938 Nazi Germany issues the Decree on the Utilization of Jewish Property forcing Jews to sell real property, businesses, and stocks at below market value as part of Aryanization.
  6. 1944 Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
  7. 1954 Väinö Linna's war novel The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) is published.
  8. 1959 The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
  9. 1960 The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
  10. 1965 Soviet Union, Space probe of the Luna program, called Luna 8, is launched, but crashes on the Moon.
  11. 1967 At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).
  12. 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins.
  13. 1972 Spantax Flight 275 crashes during takeoff from Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, killing all 155 people on board.
  14. 1973 Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
  15. 1979 In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.

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