On this day: 3 May
Events, births and deaths on 3 May. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
Nothing recorded for that year.
10 years ago2016
- Deaths · Jadranka Stojaković
- Deaths · Kaname Harada
100 years ago1926
Within 10 years of that
- 1933 · Births · James Brown
- 1933 · Births · Steven Weinberg
- 1919 · Births · Pete Seeger
1000 years ago1026
Nothing recorded for that year.
Events · 20
- 1616Treaty of Loudun — 1616 peace treaty
- 1715solar eclipse of May 3, 1715 — Solar eclipse
- 1791Constitution of May 3, 1791 — Polish-Lithuanian Constitution from 1791 to 1793
- 1811Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro — 1811 battle during the Peninsular War
- 1815Battle of Tolentino — 1815 battle during the Neapolitan War
- 1849May Uprising in Dresden — 1849 failed revolution in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
- 1921partition of Ireland — the division of the island of Ireland into two distinct jurisdictions, Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland, on 3 May 1921; the latter became independent in 1922 and is now the Republic of Ireland, while the former still remains in the UK
- 1942Invasion of Tulagi — 1942 battle during World War II
- 1968Braniff Flight 352 — 1968 aviation accident
- 19791979 United Kingdom general election — election for members of the British House of Commons
- 1986Air Lanka Flight 512 — 1986 aircraft bombing
- 1986China Airlines Flight 334 — aircraft hijacking
- 1999Kargil War — 1999 conflict between India and Pakistan
- 19991999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak — extensive tornado outbreak in the spring of 1999
- 2006Armavia Flight 967 — 3 May 2006 air crash in Sochi, Russia
- 2007disappearance of Madeleine McCann — unexplained disappearance of a child in 2007 in Portugal
- 2015Curtis Culwell Center attack — 2015 Texas terrorist attack
- 20212021 Mexico City Metro overpass collapse — Train accident
- 2023Belgrade school shooting — school shooting in Belgrade, Serbia
- 20232023–2026 Manipur conflict — ethnic conflict between Meitei and Kuki people
Births · 60
- 612(Julian date)Heraclius Constantine — Byzantine Emperor in 641
- 1276(Julian date)Louis of Evreux — French prince of the Capetian dynasty, son of Philip III and brother of Philip IV
- 1415(Julian date)Cecily Neville, Duchess of York — English noblewoman (1415–1495)
- 1446(Julian date)Margaret of York — sister of Edward IV of England, consort of Charles, Duke of Burgundy (1446-1503)
- 1469(Julian date)Niccolò Machiavelli — Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
- 1678Amaro Rodríguez Felipe — Spanish corsair (1678–1747)
- 1761August von Kotzebue — German dramatist and writer (1761–1819)
- 1764Princess Élisabeth of France — French Princess, Sister of King Louis XVI, Martyr and Servant of God
- 1826Carl XV of Sweden — King of Sweden and Norway (1859-1872)
- 1849Bernhard von Bülow — German and Prussian politician (1849–1929)
- 1849Jacob Riis — American photographer, journalist and activist (1849–1914)
- 1860Vito Volterra — Italian mathematician and mathematical physicist (1860-1940)
- 1873(Julian date)Pavlo Skoropadsky — Ukrainian general (1873-1945)
- 1877Karl Abraham — German psychoanalyst (1877–1925)
- 1886Marcel Dupré — French organist and composer (1886–1971)
- 1888Beulah Bondi — American actress (1888/1889–1981)
- 1892George Paget Thomson — English physicist (1892–1975)
- 1896Dodie Smith — English children's novelist and playwright (1896–1990)
- 1898Golda Meir — Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974
- 1902Alfred Kastler — French physicist (1902–1984)
- 1903Bing Crosby — American singer and actor (1903–1977)
- 1906Mary Astor — American actress and author (1906–1987)
- 1913William Inge — American playwright and novelist (1913–1973)
- 1917Kiro Gligorov — President of the Republic of Macedonia (1917–2012)
- 1919Pete Seeger — American folk singer (1919–2014)
Deaths · 60
- 738(Julian date)Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil — ajaw of Copán
- 762(Julian date)Emperor Xuanzong of Tang — 7th emperor of the Tang dynasty, reigning from 713 to 756 CE
- 1152(Julian date)Matilda of Boulogne — Countess of Boulogne and Queen Consort of England (1105-1152)
- 1270(Julian date)Béla IV of Hungary — King of Hungary (1206-1270)
- 1294(Julian date)John the Victorious — Duke of Brabant (1252-1294)
- 1330(Julian date)Alexios II of Trebizond — Emperor of Trebizond
- 1410(Julian date)Alexander V — Catholic cardinal and antipope (1339-1410)
- 1459Eric of Pomerania — King of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Kalmar Union
- 1481(Julian date)Mehmed II — seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
- 1589Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg — Prince of Wolfenbüttel and Calenberg (1528-1589)
- 1704Heinrich Biber — Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist (1644–1704)
- 1758Benedict XIV — pope of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758
- 1763George Psalmanazar — French writer (1679–1763)
- 1764Francesco Algarotti — Italian philosopher (1712-1764)
- 1839Ferdinando Paër — Italian composer (1771–1839)
- 1856Adolphe Adam — French composer (1803–1856)
- 1910Howard Taylor Ricketts — American pathologist (1871–1910)
- 1916Patrick Pearse — Irish revolutionary, shot by the British Army in 1916
- 1916Tom Clarke — Irish revolutionary leader (1857-1916)
- 1916Thomas MacDonagh — Irish nationalist, poet, playwright and revolutionary (1878-1916)
- 1918Charlie Soong — Methodist Episcopal missionary, late Qing revolutionary, businessman (1863-1918)
- 1925Clément Ader — French inventor and engineer
- 1932Charles Fort — American writer (1874–1932)
- 1935Jessie Willcox Smith — American illustrator (1863-1935)
- 1936Kikunae Ikeda — Japanese chemist (1864–1936)
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