This day in History - July 3

425 Historic Events for July 3
323 Event Battle at Adrianopolis: Flavius Julius Crispus' beats emperor Licinius
683 Event St Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
683 Death Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies
987 Event Hugo Capet crowned king of France
1090 Event Battle at Hagenoorde: German emperor beats earl Egbert II
1090 Death Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle
1187 Event Crusaders enter Tiberias
1423 Birth Louis XI, King of France (1461-83)
1428 Event Treaty of Delft-between Jacoba of Bayern and Philip the Good
1468 Event Duke Charles the Stout marries Princess Margaretha of York
1567 Birth Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain)
1570 Death Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67
1608 Event Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec
1630 Event Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament
1642 Death Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69
1661 Event Portugal gives Tanger and Bombay to English King Charles II
1683 Birth Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)
1687 Birth Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)
1720 Event Sweden and Denmark sign peace treaty
1728 Birth Robert Adam, architect/designer (Adelphi Terrace, London)
1731 Birth Samuel Huntington, (Gov-Ct), Continental Congress pres
1738 Birth John Singleton Copley, Mass, finest colonial American artist
1754 Event George Washington surrenders to French, Ft Necessity (7 Years' War)
1775 Event Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass
1778 Death Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies