What happend on 3rd January

02.01
04.01
1852

First Chinese arrive in Hawaii.

1840

One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Port Phillip Herald is founded by George Cavanaugh.

1834

The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City

1833

Britain seizes control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

1823

Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico

1815

Austria, Britain, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.

1777

Battle of Princeton. American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis.

1749

Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.

1521

Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Lutherin the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.

1496

Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine