May 3

May 3 is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 242 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 752 ??? Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. 1481 ??? The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. 1491 ??? Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of Jo??o I. 1568 ??? Angered by the brutal onslaught of Spanish troops at Fort Caroline, a French force burns the San Mateo fort and massacres hundreds of Spaniards. 1601???1900 1616 ??? Treaty of Loudun ends a French civil war. 1715 ??? A total solar eclipse is visible across northern Europe and northern Asia, as predicted...

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