This day in History - December 3

358 Historic Events for December 3
450 Death Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies
741 Event St Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III
1137 Death Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67
1154 Death Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies
1347 Event Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics
1368 Birth Charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)
1463 Death Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
1469 Death Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53
1483 Birth Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist
1491 Death Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies
1533 Death Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54
1557 Event 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form
1576 Birth Marsilio Casentini, composer
1586 Event Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia
1621 Event Galileo invents telescope
1639 Event 1st annulment by court decree passes
1660 Death Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70
1668 Birth Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer
1676 Event Battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen
1676 Death Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried
1678 Event Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford
1684 Birth Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish and Norwegian literature)
1685 Event Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
1694 Event English parliamentary election set for every 3 years
1699 Event Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague