Frankish-Thuringian Defeat
Magyar forces defeat a Frankish-Thuringian army, killing several senior nobles and churchmen during Louis the Child's reign.
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August 3 in History
This permanent archive page contains 170 World History Database records for August 3, spanning 908 to 2008. Recorded topics include Frankish-Thuringian Defeat; Battle of La Rochelle; Capture of La Rochelle.
Total: 170Events: 129Deaths: 8Battles: 31Coronations: 2Countries: 24
Events on August 3
Capture of La Rochelle
Mauleon surrenders La Rochelle to Louis VIII, most devoted Poitevin town to England
Rule of La Rochelle
Mauleon surrenders La Rochelle to Louis VIII, most devoted Poitevin town to England
Rule of La Rochelle
Mauleon surrenders La Rochelle to Louis VIII, most devoted Poitevin town to England
Siege of La Rochelle
Mauleon surrenders La Rochelle to Louis VIII, most devoted Poitevin town to England
Succession
Receives 12 claims to the Scottish throne at Berwick
Siege of Algeciras Begins
Alfonso XI began the long siege of Algeciras in August 1342 with Castilian troops and naval support from allied Christian powers.
Calais Captured
Captures Calais after an eleven month siege
Siege of Roxburgh
Dies during the Siege of Roxburgh
Discovery of America
Sails south to the Canary Islands
Discovery of America
Supported by King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella. Sales from Palos with the Nina, Pinta & his flagship the Santa Maria
Discovery of America
Sets sail under the command of Colombus across the Atlantic
Santa Maria
Sales from Palos with the Nina, Pinta & his flagship the Santa Maria
Treaty of Cambrai
France & Spain make peace with Charles V, Henry is now totally isolated
Execution
Hanged & burned for heresy & blasphemy for publishing the works of Erasmus
Entry into London
Mary enters London in triumph with Elizabeth beside her
London Entry
Elizabeth accompanies Mary during the royal entry after the succession crisis
London Entry
Mary enters London in triumph to claim the throne
Succession
Mary enters London to claim the throne, with the Earl of Arndel beside her
Earl of Oxford Succeeds
Edward de Vere succeeds his father as Earl of Oxford
Allied Infantry at Steenkirk
Solms commands Allied infantry during the confused and costly attack at Steenkirk.
French Reinforcement at Steenkirk
Boufflers helps reinforce the French army during the critical fighting at Steenkirk.
Bombardment of Gibraltar
Baker commands Monmouth in the squadron attacking the town and southern defences of Gibraltar.
Bombardment of Gibraltar
Byng leads a squadron in the naval bombardment that weakens Gibraltar before the final surrender.
Bombardment of Gibraltar
Andrew Leake commands Grafton during the bombardment of Gibraltar before the Allied landing.
New Mole Attack
Jumper commands Lenox in the force attacking the New Mole during the capture of Gibraltar.
New Mole Landing
Whitaker's sailors and marines land at the New Mole and help force the Spanish command toward surrender.
Invasion of Great Britain
The London Gazette prints the proclamation of the Lords Justices putting a pounds 30,000 bounty on the capture of Charles
Deposition Demands
Demands for the deposition of Louis XVI intensified as Parisian sections challenged the survival of constitutional monarchy.
Declaration of War
Start of the 2nd Mahratta War against the British.
Declaration of War
War against Scindia of Gwalior & his allies
Siege of Bomarsund
Coordinates French naval forces during the Anglo-French siege of Bomarsund.
General Council Report on the Right of Inheritance
Prepares the General Council report on the right of inheritance for the International.
Ratification Declaration
Announces at Berlin that the Sultan has ratified the treaty and considers it valid from the date of the ratification meeting.
Ratification Exchange
Represents Britain when the principal instruments of ratification are exchanged in Berlin.
Boer Triumvirate Settlement
The settlement formalizes restored Transvaal self-government.
Boer War Settlement
Helps formalize the restoration of republican administration.
Convention
Boer leaders sign the Pretoria Convention restoring Transvaal self-government.
Convention
Boer leaders announce the restoration of Transvaal republican government.
First Boer War Settlement
The agreement confirms substantial internal autonomy for the Transvaal.
Peace Settlement Signed
Joins the Boer triumvirate accepting restored self-government.
Pretoria Convention
Signs the Pretoria Convention after the Boer victory.
Pretoria Convention
Signs the settlement with Britain.
Pretoria Convention
Signs the Pretoria Convention restoring Transvaal self-government.
Pretoria Convention
Signs the Pretoria Convention with Britain.
Pretoria Convention
Signs the convention confirming Transvaal self-government.
Pretoria Convention
Signs the convention settling the First Boer War.
Pretoria Convention Signed
Signs the convention settling the First Boer War.
Pretoria Convention Signed
Signs the Pretoria Convention with British representatives.
Pretoria Convention Signed
Signs the Pretoria Convention as a member of the Boer triumvirate.
Restoration of Transvaal Government
Boer leaders announce the restoration of Transvaal republican government.
Transvaal Self-Government Restored
Secures restored Transvaal self-government under British suzerainty.
Transvaal Settlement
The agreement restores Transvaal self-government under British suzerainty.
Federal Immigration Head Tax
The law creates a federal head tax on arriving immigrants.
Immigration Act of 1882
Signs the Immigration Act of 1882.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of House of Commons
Appointed Leader of the House of Commons
Elands River Defences
Ham orders his Victorians to dig defensive trenches shortly before the Boer attack on Elands River begins.
Declaration of War
Germany declares war on France
Declaration of War
Declares war on France on behalf of the German Government. Declared because France had dropped bombs on Belgium & Germany as far as Nurnberg
Invasion of Belgium
Belgium rejects Germany's demands for passage through Belgium
Invasion of Belgium
Germany invades Belgium & is stopped at Liege
Invasion of Belgium
The British Government guarantee armed support to Belgium should Germany violate Belgian neutrality
Invasion of Belgium
German troops cross the Belgian frontier at Vise in the province of Liege
Invasion of Belgium
Germany calls for a free passage across Belgium but this is refused the following day. Belgium rejects Germany's demand for troop access
Invasion of Belgium
Declares in the Commons the British army will act immediately if Belgium is threatened
July Crisis
Germany declares war on France
July Crisis
Makes an address in the Reichstag about the Russian "firebrand"
Minister of War
Appointed Minister of War
Neutrality Decision
Bratianu supports neutrality when the Crown Council debates Romania's response to war.
Petition
Petitions Louis III of Bavaria to for service in a Bavarian regiment in World War I
Political Support
The British Government guarantee armed support to Belgium should Germany violate Belgian neutrality
Wartime Financial Moratorium
Emergency bank holidays and debt moratoria help contain financial panic at the outbreak of war.
Execution
Hanged for high treason in Pentonville prison
Treason
Hanged for high treason in Pentonville prison. Death of Roger Casement, executed for treason
Bolshevik Party
Stalin is elected to the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks
Central Committee
Stalin is elected to the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks
Military Reform Demands
Presses Kerensky for authority to rebuild army discipline.
Inauguration
Sworn in as the 30th President of the United States by his father, John C. Coolidge.
President of USA
Begins his first presidential term after succeeding Warren Harding.
Vice Presidency Vacancy
The vice presidency becomes vacant after Coolidge succeeds to the presidency.
Housing Rural Workers Bill
Debates housing assistance for rural workers and the role of local authorities.
Olympic Gold Medal
Winner of the 100m Olympic Gold Medal
Peace Mediation at Prague
Mediates between the Czech Government & Sudetens
Adlertag
Goring had promised Hitler that Adlertag and Adlerangriff would achieve the results required within days, or at worst weeks. It had meant to be the beginning of the end of RAF Fighter Command, but Adlertag and the following operations failed to destroy the RAF, or gain the necessary local air superiority. As a result, Operation Sea Lion was postponed indefinitely
Invasion of Somaliland
Italy commences the occupation of British Somaliland
Operation Adler
Eventually, it was carried out on 13 August 1940. Goring had promised Hitler that Adlertag and Adlerangriff would achieve the results required within days, or at worst weeks.
Operation Adler
It had meant to be the beginning of the end of RAF Fighter Command, but Adlertag and the following operations failed to destroy the RAF, or gain the necessary local air superiority. As a result, Operation Sea Lion was postponed indefinitely
Operation Adler
The essential target was RAF Fighter Command. The services destruction would deny the British their air superiority asset. Throughout July and early August, the Germans made preparations for Adlertag. The date of the assault was postponed several times because of bad weather.
Rule of British Somaliland
Italy commences the occupation of British Somaliland
Operation Overlord
Orders Patton to clear Brittany with a "minimum forces"
Housing Responsibility
Takes responsibility for housing as Minister of Health.
Minister of Health Appointment
Appointed Minister of Health in Attlee's government.
Minister of Health Appointment
Becomes Minister of Health in Attlee's government.
Camille Huysmans Government
Begins the Camille Huysmans Government in Brussels and serves as Prime Minister of Belgium.
End of Third Van Acker Government
The Third Van Acker Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as Prime Minister of Belgium.
Department of Atomic Energy
Homi Bhabha leads India's atomic energy programme as the Department of Atomic Energy is created under the Prime Minister.
Referendum
Verwoerd announces the referendum on a republic will be held 5th October
Republic Referendum Date
Announces that the republic referendum will occur on 5 October.
Republic Vote Scheduled
Prepares white voters to decide South Africa's constitutional status.
Bratislava Declaration
Warsaw Pact leaders meeting at Bratislava affirm Marxism-Leninism and collective responsibility for defending socialism.
Bratislava Declaration
In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a bourgeois system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established
Bratislava Declaration
The Bratislava Declaration aaffirms unshakable fidelity to Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism and declares an implacable struggle against bourgeois ideology and all antisocialist forces.
Brezhnev Doctrine
The policy later called the Brezhnev Doctrine asserts a Soviet right to defend Communist rule within the Eastern Bloc.
Declaration of Bratislava
In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a bourgeois system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established
Declaration of Bratislava
Representatives from Russia, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia meet in Bratislava and sign the Bratislava Declaration.
Declaration of Bratislava
The Bratislava Declaration aaffirms unshakable fidelity to Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism and declares an implacable struggle against bourgeois ideology and all antisocialist forces.
Prague Spring
In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a bourgeois system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established
Warsaw Pact
In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a bourgeois system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established
Warsaw Pact Intervention Decision
Brezhnev secures support from allied Warsaw Pact leaders for intervention against the Prague Spring.
Performance
Appears in the film Performance, expanding his work beyond the Rolling Stones.
ABM Treaty
Ratified by the US Senate
Late Phase I Hearing
Participates as the committee continues its late Phase I hearings, reviewing testimony and evidence concerning White House and campaign conduct.
Assembly of Experts Election
Sabbaghian oversees elections for the Assembly of Experts for the Constitution
Constitution of Iran
The post of Prime Minister is abolished
Constitution of Hungary
Sworn in as President of a new Democratic Republic of Hungary
Inauguration
Sworn in as President of a new Democratic Republic of Hungary
Heart Transplant
P. Venugopal leads the AIIMS team that performs India's first successful heart transplant.
Marriage
Announces he is leaving his wife
Transfer to Arsenal
Joins Arsenal from Juventus and begins a career that will make him the club's record goalscorer.
Marriage to Sarah Macaulay
Brown marries Sarah Macaulay at their home in North Queensferry.
Minhaj ul Quran International
Bhutto becomes a member of Minhaj ul Quran International (An international Muslim educational and welfare organisation)
Minhaj ul Quran International
Bhutto becomes a member of Minhaj ul Quran International (An international Muslim educational and welfare organisation)
MESSENGER Launch
MESSENGER launches to begin a complex seven-year journey that will culminate in the first orbital mission around Mercury.
Real Good Looking Boy
Release Real Good Looking Boy as new material.
Inauguration
Recieves the presidential authorization from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei
President of Iran
Appointed President of Iran
President of Iraq
"Thanks to the blood of the martyrs, a new Islamic revolution has arisen and the Islamic revolution of 1384 [the current Iranian year] will, if God wills, cut off the roots of injustice in the world"
President of Iraq
"Thanks to the blood of the martyrs, a new Islamic revolution has arisen and the Islamic revolution of 1384 [the current Iranian year] will, if God wills, cut off the roots of injustice in the world"
Deaths on August 3
Death of James II
Death of James II
Death of Etienne Dolet
Death of Etienne Dolet, executed
Death of John de Vere
John de Vere dies and the Oxford earldom passes to Edward de Vere
Death of Etienne Bonnot de Condillac
Etienne Bonnot de Condillac dies at his estate near Beaugency.
Death of Roger Casement
Death of Roger Casement, executed for treason
Death of Georgy Babakin
Death of Georgy Babakin, chief designer associated with Soviet lunar and planetary probes.
Death of Mikhail Khristodolou Mouskos Makarios
Dies of a heart attack in Nicocea
Death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Battles on August 3
Battle of La Rochelle
Mauleon surrenders La Rochelle to Louis VIII, most devoted Poitevin town to England
Battle of Evesham
Leaves Worcester for Evesham & blocks de Montforts route to Kenilworth
Battle of Evesham
Reaches Evesham but is intercepted by Prince Edward before he can reach Kenilworth. Marches to Evesham enclosed by a loop in the River Avon on the road to Kenilworth. Arrives at Evesham unaware his sons forces were disbanded by the King at Kenilworth
Battle of Evesham
de Montforts army is surrounded by the River Avon on three sides, and Prince Edward's army on the fourth, Mortimer had sent his men to block the only possible escape route, at the Bengeworth bridge. Commands the rear guard
Battle of Evesham
Mortimer himself kills Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester in crushing Montforts army.
Battle of Evesham
Mortimer is awarded Montforts severed head and other parts of his anatomy, which he sent home to Wigmore Castle as a gift for his wife, Lady Mortimer.
Battle of Evesham
Sent by Prince Edward to head off Simon de Montforts route over the Bengeworth Bridge.
Battle of Evesham
Killed at the Battle of Evesham fighting for the Barons
Battle of Evesham
Killed at the Battle of Evesham fighting for the Barons
Battle of Evesham
Helps free Henry III
Battle of Nordlingen
Louis de Conde & Vicomte Henri de Turenne defeat the German army of Baron von Mercy
Battle of Nordlingen
Defeated by a French army under Prince Louis De Conde & Vicomte Henri De Turenne
Battle of Nordlingen
Louis de Conde & vicomte Henri de Turenne defeat the German army of Baron von Mercy
Battle of Nordlingen
Turenne & Enghein invade Bavaria & defefeat Mercy
Battle of Nordlingen
Turenne & Enghein invade Bavaria & defefeat Mercy
Battle of Steenkerque
The French forces under Marshal Luxemburg defeat the English at Steenkerke
Battle of Steenkirk
Luxembourg repels William III's surprise attack at Steenkirk and holds the French position.
Battle of Steenkirk
William III of Orange commands the Allied attack that is repulsed by Luxembourg at Steenkirk.
Battle of Steinkirk
William III of Orange commands the Allied army at Steinkirk, where Luxembourg defeats the coalition after a hard-fought engagement.
Battle of Peterwardein
With an army of 60,000 routs a Turkish Army of nearly 150,000
Battle of Peterwardein
With an army of 60,000 routs a Turkish Army of nearly 150,000
Battle of Lonato
Massenas 1st military victory
Battle of Lonato
Wounded with four sabre cuts at Lonato in Italy
Battle of Lonato
Massena fought around Lonato during Bonaparte's operations against the Austrian attempt to relieve Mantua.
Battle of Pyramids
Appointed General of Brigade on the field of Battle of the Pyramids
Battle of Belgium, 1st
Belgium rejects Germany's demands for passage through Belgium
Battle of Belgium, 1st
Germany invades Belgium & is stopped at Liege
Battle of Belgium, 1st
The British Government guarantee armed support to Belgium should Germany violate Belgian neutrality
Battle of Belgium, 1st
German troops cross the Belgian frontier at Vise in the province of Liege
Battle of Belgium, 1st
Germany calls for a free passage across Belgium but this is refused the following day. Belgium rejects Germany's demand for troop access
Battle of Belgium, 1st
Declares in the Commons the British army will act immediately if Belgium is threatened
Coronations on August 3
Coronation
Coronation of James III
Coronation
Enthrones at the age of 86, one of the worlds oldest reigning monarchs