WHAT HAPPENED ON 3. NOVEMBER
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Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia, on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor. (3. November 361)

Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is assassinated by a Persian slave in Medina. (3. November 644)

The River Arno flooding causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani. (3. November 1333)

Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops. (3. November 1468)

Peace of Etaples between Henry VII and Charles VIII. (3. November 1492)

Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea. (3. November 1493)

The city of San Luis Potosí is founded. (3. November 1592)

John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows. (3. November 1783)

The American Continental Army is disbanded. (3. November 1783)

French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined. (3. November 1793)

Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma. (3. November 1812)

The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec. (3. November 1817)

The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. (3. November 1838)

A greatly revised Dutch constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of parliament and ministers, is proclaimed. (3. November 1848)

Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later). (3. November 1867)

John Willis Menard was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated. (3. November 1868)

American Old West: Self-described "Black Bart the poet" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves a clue that eventually leads to his capture. (3. November 1883)

France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident. (3. November 1898)

With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia. (3. November 1903)

Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T. (3. November 1911)