What happend on 3rd February

02.02
04.02
1809

Illinois Territory is created.

1787

Shays' Rebellion is crushed, ending an uprising that would prompt negotiations that would result in the drafting of the Constitution of the United States.

1783

American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence.

1690

The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in America.

1488

Bartholomeu Diaz of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa, becoming the first known European to travel this far south.

1451

Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II.