September 3rd, 1817

Born on September 3rd, 1817

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What happened on September 3rd?

September 3rd, 1941

The mass deportation of over 400,000 Volga Germans began on this day.

September 3rd, 2017

North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test at Punggye-ri, causing a magnitude-6.3 earthquake.

September 3rd, 2001

The Troubles: Ulster loyalists resumed a picket outside a Catholic girls' primary school in the Protestant portion of Ardoyne, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

September 3rd, 1991

A fire killed 25 people locked inside a burning chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S.

September 3rd, 1987

While he was abroad, Burundian president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was deposed in a military coup d'état by Pierre Buyoya.

September 3rd, 1942

The Holocaust: In possibly the first Jewish ghetto uprising, residents of the Łachwa Ghetto in occupied Poland, informed of the upcoming "liquidation" of the ghetto, unsuccessfully fought against their Nazi captors.

September 3rd, 1935

On the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, British racing motorist Malcolm Campbell became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph (480 km/h).

September 3rd, 1901

At the Royal Exhibition Building (pictured) in Melbourne, the flag of Australia flew for the first time.

September 3rd, 1878

The passenger steamship SS Princess Alice sank in the River Thames after colliding (pictured) with the collier Bywell Castle, killing more than 600 people.

September 3rd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: The British Army and their Hessian allies defeated an American militia at the Battle of Cooch's Bridge.

September 3rd, 1651

English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell (pictured) won the Battle of Worcester, the final battle of the English Civil War.

September 3rd, 1650

Under Oliver Cromwell, the English New Model Army ambushed a poorly prepared Scottish force at the Battle of Dunbar, the first battle of the Third English Civil War.

September 3rd, 0863

Arab–Byzantine wars: The Byzantine Empire decisively defeated the Emirate of Melitene at the Battle of Lalakaon, beginning the era of Byzantine ascendancy.

January 1st, 1970

The Sicilian revolt against the Second Triumvirate of the Roman Republic ended when the fleet of Sextus Pompey, the rebel leader, was defeated at the Battle of Naulochus.

September 3rd, 2017

North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 3rd

Same year
Born in 1817

44

Henry David Thoreau

American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)

*July 12th, 1817, Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse †May 6th, 1862, Concord

85

Theodor Mommsen

German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)

*November 30th, 1817, Garding †November 1st, 1903, Charlottenburg

74

Baháʼu'lláh

Founder of the Bahá'í Faith (1817–1892)

*November 12th, 1817, Mirza Bozorg Nuri House †May 29th, 1892, Acre

67

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

American lawyer and politician (1817–1885)

*August 4th, 1817, Millstone †May 20th, 1885, Newark

33

Miguel Lafuente Alcántara

Spanish historian

*July 10th, 1817, Archidona †August 27th, 1850, Havana

54

Aimé Maillart

French composer

*March 24th, 1817, Montpellier †May 26th, 1871, Moulins

85

Rudolf von Delbrück

Prussian statesman under Bismarck (1817-1903)

*April 16th, 1817, Berlin †February 1st, 1903, Berlin

76

Charles Auguste Fraikin

Belgian curator and sculptor (1817–1893)

*June 14th, 1817, Herentals †November 22nd, 1893, Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek

78

Frederick Douglass

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)

*January 31st, 1817, Talbot County †February 20th, 1895, Washington, D.C.

70

Theodor Storm

German writer

*September 14th, 1817, Husum †July 4th, 1888, Hanerau-Hademarschen

73

William III of the Netherlands

King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817–1890)

*February 19th, 1817, Palace of the Nation †November 23rd, 1890, Het Loo Palace

94

Joseph Dalton Hooker

British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

*June 30th, 1817, Halesworth †December 10th, 1911, Sunningdale

57

Pierre Larousse

French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist

*October 23rd, 1817, Toucy †January 3rd, 1875, Paris

66

Charles-Adolphe Wurtz

French chemist (1717-1784)

*November 26th, 1817, Strasbourg †May 12th, 1884, Paris

83

Ramón de Campoamor

Spanish author (1817-1901)

*September 24th, 1817, Navia †February 11th, 1901, Madrid

77

Heinrich von Sybel

German historian (1817-1895)

*December 2nd, 1817, Düsseldorf †August 1st, 1895, Marburg

75

Bernhard Windscheid

German jurist (1817–1892)

*June 26th, 1817, Düsseldorf †October 26th, 1892, Leipzig

81

Serafino Dubois

Italian chess player (1817–1899)

*October 10th, 1817, Rome †January 15th, 1899, Rome

55

Maria Merkert

Superior General of the Congregation of St Elizabeth

*September 21st, 1817, Nysa †November 14th, 1872, Nysa

88

Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Duke of Nassau (1839–1866), later Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890–1905)

*July 24th, 1817, Biebrich Palace †November 17th, 1905, Lenggries

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Public holidays on September 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, China's victory over Japan commemoration related observances) which are celebrated on September 3rd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1817 is a normal year and no leap year.

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