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A collection of world events between 1492 and 1859, focusing on the 17th and 18th centuries. Please refer to the Guide
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NA Mv Ex 1539 Jun 03 Hernando de Soto claims Florida for SpainNA Mv Ex 1540 Jun 03 Hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, first European to do soNA Sc Cm 1621 Jun 03 Dutch West India Company (WIC), under Heeren XIX, receives charter for "New Netherlands" (NY) GB Sc Cm WIC, West Indian Co, , founded GB Sc Bd 1657 Jun 03 William Harvey , who definitively established that blood circulates, dies
?? ?? ?? 1665 Jun 03 Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft EU Cf Nn 1720 Jun 03 Sweden and Denmark sign Third Treaty of Stockholm
NE Sc Gw 1748 Jun 03 Amsterdam establishes municipal postal service AS Sc Cl 1752 Jun 03 Moscow houses and churchs destroyed by fire NA Mv St 1770 Jun 03 Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in California
GB Sc Bd 1780 Jun 03 Former Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson dies in England
NA Cf Ar 1781 Jun 03 Jack Jouett rides to warn Thomas Jefferson of British attackNA Mv Ex 1789 Jun 03 Alexander Mackenzie explores Mackenzie River (Canada)NA ?? ?? 1800 Jun 03 John Adams moves to Washington DC
AS ?? ?? 1818 Jun 03 Maratha Wars between British and Maratha Confederacy in India ends NA Sc Gv 1845 Jun 03 George Abernethy elected first Provisional Governor of the Oregon Country
NE Sc Gw 1847 Jun 03 Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens NA Sc Gs 1851 Jun 03 First baseball uniforms worn, New York Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers NA Se Iv 1856 Jun 03 Cullen Whipple patents screw machine
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