August 3 in History
3 August in History – 120 years ago
Southern Asia 1904: British Expedition to Tibet
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Starting on 3 August 1871
All Events on 3 August
starts
2005
Iran and Israel engage in proxy war
starts
1962
Australian & NZ forces involved in Vietnam War
1960
Niger gains independence from France
1958
USS *Nautilus* makes submarine crossing of North Pole
ends
1943
Allies bomb Hamburg
1941
Hitler halts drive on Moscow in favor of attack on Ukraine
starts
1940
Soviet Union annexes Baltic states
starts
1940
Italians occupy British Somaliland
starts
1916
Ottomans defeated at Romani
1914
Germany launches invasion of France through Belgium
ends
1904
British invade Tibet
starts
1871
Canada signs Numbered Treaties with indigenous peoples of northwest
ends
1812
Allies capture ports of Basque coast
ends
1509
Spanish search for Central American strait*
starts
1492
Columbus crosses Atlantic, landing in Bahamas
starts
178
Romans crush Cotini and Quadi
ends
170
Romans repel Chatti invaders on Rhine*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 3 August for purposes of Omniatlas
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