What is March 3?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1284]] &ndash; The [[Statute of Rhuddlan]] incorporates the [[Principality of Wales]] into [[England]]. * [[1575]] &ndash; [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar the Great]] defeats a Bengali army at the [[Battle of Tukaroi]]. * [[1585]] &ndash; The Olympic Theatre, designed by [[Andrea Palladio]], is inaugurated in [[Vicenza]], [[Italy]]. * [[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The first amphibious landing of the [[United States Marine Corps]] begins in the [[Battle of Nassau]]. * [[1779]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Continental Army]] is routed (heavily beaten) at the [[Battle of Brier Creek]]. * [[1788]] &ndash; [[Europe]]n settlement begins on [[Norfolk Island]]. * [[1799]] &ndash; [[Siege of Corfu (1798–1799)|Russo-Ottoman Siege of Corfu]] ends with the [[Surrender (military)|surrender]] of the French [[garrison]]. * [[1820]] &ndash; [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Missouri Compromise]]. * [[1836]] &ndash; [[Texas]] declares independence from [[Mexico]]. * [[1845]] &ndash; [[Florida]] becomes the 27th state of the [[United States]]. * [[1849]] &ndash; The [[Minnesota Territory]] is created. * [[1857]] &ndash; [[Second Opium War]]: [[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]] declare [[war]] on [[China]]. * [[1861]] &ndash; [[Tsar]] [[Alexander II of Russia]] signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing the [[Serfdom|serfs]]. * [[1875]] &ndash; [[Georges Bizet]]'s [[opera]] ''[[Carmen]]'' receives its premiere at the [[Opéra-Comique]] in [[Paris]]. * [[1875]] &ndash; The first–ever organised indoor [[ice hockey]] game is held in [[Montreal]]. * [[1878]] &ndash; The [[Russo-Turkish War]] ends, as [[Bulgaria]] regains its independence from the [[Ottoman Empire]]. * [[1885]] &ndash; The [[American Telephone and Telegraph Company]] is [[Incorporation|incorporated]] in [[New York (state)|New York]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1904]] &ndash; Kaiser [[Wilhelm II of Germany]] becomes the first ruler to make a [[sound]] recordin