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On June 3, 350: The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.

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The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.

The following is a list of usurpers in the Roman Empire —individuals who unsuccessfully claimed and/or attempted to usurp the throne of a ruling emperor (augustus). The ancient term was "tyrant", which had negative connotation in and of itself. Usurpation was common during the whole imperial era; virtually all imperial dynasties rose to power through usurpation and conspiracies.

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Born on June 3

Sutee Mcateer 2008– Keilor Basketball Association Player
Désiré Doué 2005– French footballer (born 2005)
Tyrell Sloan 2002– Australian rugby league footballer
Jalen Suggs 2001– American basketball player (born 2001)
Beabadoobee 2000– British singer-songwriter (born 2000)
Cameron Green 1999– Australian cricketer (born 1999)
Dzhem Yamenov 1999– Bulgarian politician (born 1999)
Sam Curran 1998– English cricketer (born 1998)
Louis Hofmann 1997– German actor (born 1997)
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Harrison Bader 1994– American baseball player (born 1994)
Otto Porter Jr. 1993– American basketball player (born 1993)
Dilraba Dilmurat 1992– Chinese actress (born 1992)
Mario Götze 1992– German footballer (born 1992)
Jade Cargill 1992– American professional wrestler (born 1992)
Yordano Ventura 1991– Dominican baseball player (1991–2017)
Katie Hoff 1989– American swimmer
Imogen Poots 1989– British actress (born 1989)
Masami Nagasawa 1987– Japanese actress (born 1987)

People

Died on June 3

Jim Marshall American football player (1937–2025)
Shigeo Nagashima Japanese baseball player and manager (1936–2025) Edmund White American writer (1940–2025)
Brigitte Bierlein Chancellor of Austria from 2019 to 2020
William Russell English actor (1924–2024)
F. Lee Bailey American criminal defense attorney (1933–2021)
Muhammad Ali American boxer and activist (1942–2016)
Avi Beker Israeli political scientist and academic (born 1951)
Svyatoslav Belza Russian journalist, author, and critic (born 1942)
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Gopinath Munde Indian politician and statesman (1949–2013)
Atul Chitnis German-Indian technologist and journalist (born 1962)
Józef Czyrek Polish politician (1928–2013)
Frank Lautenberg American politician (1924–2013)
Carol Ann Abrams American film producer (1942–2012)
Roy Salvadori British racing driver (1922–2012)
Brian Talboys New Zealand deputy prime minister (1975–1981)
James Arness American actor (1923–2011)
Andrew Gold American musician and producer (1951–2011)

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Every June 3 on record

  1. 350 The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.

    The following is a list of usurpers in the Roman Empire —individuals who unsuccessfully claimed and/or attempted to usurp the throne of a ruling emperor (augustus). The ancient term was "tyrant", which had negative connotation in and of itself. Usurpation was common during the whole imperial era; virtually all imperial dynasties rose to power through usurpation and conspiracies.

  2. 713 The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace. He is succeeded by Anastasios II, who begins the reorganization of the Byzantine army.

    Continuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)

    The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, it endured until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. The term 'Byzantine Empire' was coined only after its demise; its citizens used the term 'Roman Empire' and called themselves 'Romans'.

  3. 1098 After a five-month siege during the First Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch.

    1096–1099 Christian re-conquest of the Holy Land

    The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, which were initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Middle Ages. Their aim was to return the Holy Land—which had been conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate in the 7th century—to Christian rule. By the 11th century, although Jerusalem had then been ruled by Muslims for hundreds of years, the practices of the Seljuk rulers in the region began to threaten local Christian populations, pilgrimages from the West and the Byzantine Empire itself.

  4. 1140 The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.

    French philosopher (c. 1079–1142)

    Peter Abelard was a medieval French scholastic, philosopher, leading logician, theologian, teacher, musician, composer, and poet.

  5. 1326 The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark.

    Treaty regarding the Kola Peninsula

    The Treaty of Novgorod was a 10-year peace treaty signed on 3 June 1326 in Novgorod. It marked the end of decades of border skirmishes between Norway and Novgorod in the far northern region of Finnmark. A few years earlier, in 1323, Novgorod had settled its conflict with Sweden in the Treaty of Nöteborg.

  6. 1539 Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
  7. 1602 An English naval force defeats a fleet of Spanish galleys, and captures a large Portuguese carrack at the Battle of Sesimbra Bay.
  8. 1608 Samuel de Champlain lands at Tadoussac, Quebec, in the course of his third voyage to New France, and begins erecting fortifications.
  9. 1621 The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland.
  10. 1658 Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
  11. 1665 James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
  12. 1700 Foundation of the Academy of the Distrustful in the library room of the Palau Dalmases in Barcelona.
  13. 1781 Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending British raid.
  14. 1839 In Humen, China, Lin Zexu destroys 1.2 million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
  15. 1844 The last pair of great auks is killed.
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  1. 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
  2. 1863 American Civil War: Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia begin marching to invade the North for a second time, starting the Gettysburg campaign.
  3. 1864 American Civil War: Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant sustain heavy casualties attacking Confederate troops under Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Virginia.
  4. 1885 In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
  5. 1889 The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
  6. 1892 Liverpool F.C. is founded by John Houlding.
  7. 1916 The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
  8. 1935 One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
  9. 1937 The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
  10. 1940 World War II: During the Battle of France, the Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
  11. 1940 Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
  12. 1941 World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.
  13. 1942 World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
  14. 1943 In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines attack Latino youths in the five-day Zoot Suit Riots.
  15. 1950 Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.

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