Historical Events on September 3

35 significant historical events occurred on September 3. September 3 has seen several historical military and political events. Notably, during World War II, it marks the opening of the Western Front in 1939, the Bloody Sunday massacre in Bydgoszcz, and Italy's armistice with the Allies in 1943. Other events on this date include the 1920 Vlora War between Italy and Albania and the 1950 Italian Grand Prix Formula One race.

Total Events

Time Span

476–2016

22 famous birthdays on September 3

Including Carl D. Anderson, Daron Acemoglu, Guido W. Imbens

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Event Distribution by Century

Darker = Higher Density

5th C.21st C.

5th Century

1 event

476

war

476 battle between the Heruli under their King Odoacer and the remnants of the Western Roman Army in Roman Italy

12th Century

1 event

1105

war

1105 battle in the Middle East

15th Century

1 event

1499

war

1499 naval battle of the Ottoman–Venetian War of 1499–1503

16th Century

3 events

1542

war

1542 battle between Scotland and England

1546

war

1546 battle in Wallachia

1595

war

1595 Part of the Eighty Years' War

17th Century

5 events

1612

war

Series of two battles, which took place in Moscow, on September 1 and 3, 1612

1632

war

1632 conflict in Fürth, northern Bavaria

1643

war

1643 naval battle off Cartagena, Spain

1650

war

Battle during the 1650 English invasion of Scotland

1651

war

1651 final battle of the English Civil War

18th Century

2 events

1725

politics

1725 alliance between Britain, Hanover, France, and Prussia

1755

war

1755 battle during the French and Indian War

19th Century

6 events

1806

war

Battle between the Ottomans and rebels from the Serbian state in 1806

1836

politics

1836 treaty between the Menominee and the United States

1855

war

1855 battle in La Virgen, Nicaragua

1862

war

1862 battle between the United States Army and the Santee-Sioux

1863

war

1863 battle in the January Uprising

1879

war

1879 battle of the Second Anglo-Afghan War

20th Century

13 events

1917

war

1917 battle during the Romanian Campaign of World War I

1918

war

Part of the Hundred Days Offensive of World War I

1920

war

1920 conflict between Italy and Albania

1936

war

1936 during the Spanish Civil War

1939

war

Western Front — military theatre of World War II encompassing Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Germany

1939

general

Bloody Sunday — Bydgoszcz, 3 September 1939

1943

war

Armistice of Cassibile — armistice between the Kingdom of Italy and the Allies of World War II

1950

general

1950 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1950

1954

general

First Taiwan Strait Crisis — 1954–1955 conflict between the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China