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On July 3, 324: Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
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Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
The Battle of Adrianople was fought in Thrace on July 3, 324, during a Roman civil war, the second to be waged between the two emperors Constantine I and Licinius. Licinius was soundly defeated and his army suffered heavy casualties. Constantine built up military momentum, winning further battles on land and sea, eventually leading to the final defeat of Licinius at Chrysopolis.
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324 Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Constantine I's victory over Licinius
The Battle of Adrianople was fought in Thrace on July 3, 324, during a Roman civil war, the second to be waged between the two emperors Constantine I and Licinius. Licinius was soundly defeated and his army suffered heavy casualties. Constantine built up military momentum, winning further battles on land and sea, eventually leading to the final defeat of Licinius at Chrysopolis.
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987 Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792. King of the Franks from 987 to 996
Hugh Capet was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and Hedwige of Saxony, he was elected as the successor of the last Carolingian king, Louis V.
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1035 William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigning until 1087. King of England from 1066 to 1087
William the Conqueror, sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy from 1035 onward. By 1060, following a long struggle, his hold on Normandy was secure.
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1535 Diego de Almagro leaves the recently conquered Inca capital of Cuzco to lead an expedition to Chile. Spanish conquistador (1475–1538)
Diego de Almagro, also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo, was a Spanish conquistador known for his exploits and killings in western South America. He participated with Francisco Pizarro in the Spanish conquest of Peru. While subduing the Inca Empire he laid the foundation for Quito and Trujillo as Spanish cities in present-day Ecuador and Peru, respectively.
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1608 Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain. Provincial capital of Quebec, Canada
Quebec City is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459 and the Quebec City census metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is the twelfth-largest city and the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Canada.
- 1754 French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
- 1767 Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
- 1767 Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
- 1775 American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 1778 American Revolutionary War: The Iroquois, allied with Britain, massacre 360 Patriot soldiers during the Battle of Wyoming.
- 1814 War of 1812: American forces capture Fort Erie from British troops in Upper Canada.
- 1819 The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
- 1839 The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
- 1848 Governor-General Peter von Scholten emancipates all remaining slaves in the Danish West Indies.
- 1849 France invades the Roman Republic and restores the Papal States.
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- 1852 Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco.
- 1863 American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
- 1866 Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, enabling Prussia to exclude Austria from German affairs.
- 1884 Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
- 1886 Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
- 1886 The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
- 1890 Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
- 1898 A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
- 1913 Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
- 1938 World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58 km/h).
- 1938 United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
- 1940 World War II: The Royal Navy attacks the French naval squadron in Algeria, to ensure that it will not fall under German control. Of the four French battleships present, one is sunk, two are damaged, and one escapes back to France.
- 1944 World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
- 1952 The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
- 1952 The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMS Queen Mary.
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Holidays on July 3
- Christian feast day: Anatolius of Constantinople
- Christian feast day: Anatolius of Laodicea
- Christian feast day: Dathus
- Christian feast day: Germanus of Man
- Christian feast day: Gurthiern
- Christian feast day: Heliodorus of Altino
- Christian feast day: Mucian
- Christian feast day: Peregrina Mogas Fontcuberta
- Christian feast day: Pope Leo II
- Christian feast day: Thomas the Apostle
- Christian feast day: July 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Emancipation Day (United States Virgin Islands)
- Independence Day, celebrates the liberation of Minsk from Nazi occupation by Soviet troops in 1944 (Belarus)
- The start of the Dog Days according to the Old Farmer's Almanac but not according to established meaning in most European cultures
- Women's Day (Myanmar)
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