WHAT HAPPENED ON 3. FEBRUARY
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Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. (3. February 1112)

More than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are slaughtered by Papal Troops (Cesena Bloodbath). (3. February 1377)

Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. (3. February 1451)

Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south. (3. February 1488)

The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India. (3. February 1509)

Irish rebel Silken Thomas is executed by the order of Henry VIII in London, England. (3. February 1534)

Tulip mania collapses in the United Provinces (now the Netherlands) as sellers could no longer find buyers for their bulb contracts. (3. February 1637)

The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas. (3. February 1690)

During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment. (3. February 1706)

American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius. (3. February 1781)

American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence. (3. February 1783)

Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts. (3. February 1787)

A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the Spanish Empire city of Montevideo, now the capital of Uruguay. (3. February 1807)

The Territory of Illinois is created by the 10th United States Congress. (3. February 1809)

José de San Martín defeats a Spanish royalist army at the Battle of San Lorenzo, part of the Argentine War of Independence. (3. February 1813)

The sovereignty of Greece is confirmed in a London Protocol. (3. February 1830)

Wake Forest University is established. (3. February 1834)

Justo José de Urquiza defeats Juan Manuel de Rosas at the Battle of Caseros. (3. February 1852)

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to citizens regardless of race. (3. February 1870)

The Greco-Turkish War breaks out. (3. February 1897)