WHAT HAPPENED ON 3. AUGUST
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Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats Dalmatae on the river Bathinus. (3. August 8)

Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt. (3. August 435)

Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied. (3. August 881)

Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey. (3. August 1031)

The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista. (3. August 1342)

Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. (3. August 1492)

The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland. (3. August 1527)

Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló. (3. August 1601)

Thirty Years' War: the Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire. (3. August 1645)

Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes. (3. August 1678)

Treaty of Greenville is signed. (3. August 1795)

First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer. (3. August 1811)

Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event (3. August 1852)

The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand. (3. August 1860)

The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded. (3. August 1900)

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for 10 days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town. (3. August 1903)

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal. (3. August 1907)

A major labour dispute, known as the Wheatland Hop Riot, starts in Wheatland, California. (3. August 1913)

World War I: Germany declares war against France. (3. August 1914)

Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court. (3. August 1921)