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In 1795, Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.
August 3 in History
1795 — Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country
August 3 spans 51 recorded events across recorded history, from 8 to 2023. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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- 1975 A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188. Source
- 1972 The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Source
- 2005 President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia. Source
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The Treaty of Greenville, also known to Americans as the Treaty with the Wyandots, etc., but formally titled A treaty of peace between the United States of America, and the tribes of Indians called the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanees, Ottawas, Chippewas, Pattawatimas, Miamis, Eel Rivers, Weas, Kickapoos, Piankeshaws, and Kaskaskias was a 1795 treaty between the United States and indigenous nations of the Northwest Territory, including the Wyandot and Delaware peoples, that redefined the boundary between indigenous peoples' lands and territory for United States community settlement. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.
Did you know
In 1795, Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.
Did you know
In 1795, Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.
Did you know
In 1795, Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.
8
Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.
First 9 years of the Common Era
435
Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
First among equals of leaders in the Eastern Orthodox Church
881
Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
881 battle during the Viking invasions of West Francia
908
Battle of Eisenach: An invading Hungarian force defeats an East Frankish army under Duke Burchard of Thuringia.
Battle between Hungarian and German forces
1031
Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.
King of Norway from 1015 to 1028
1057
Frederick of Lorraine elected as Pope Stephen IX.
Head of the Catholic Church from 1057 to 1058
1342
The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
Castilian siege of the Marinid Empire capital
1347
The city of Calais surrenders after a protracted siege to the English following the English defeat of a French relief fleet in the battle of Crotoy.
It will remain in English hands for more than 200 years.
1492
Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
Italian navigator and explorer (1451–1506)
1527
The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St.
John's, Newfoundland.
1601
Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló.
1593–1606 Habsburg–Ottoman war
1645
Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
Major war in Central Europe (1618–1648)
1678
Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
French explorer of North America (1643–1687)
1692
British-Dutch forces under William III defending the city of Brussels fight an inconclusive battle at Steenkerque against a French army under the duke of Luxembourg, with both sides suffering heavy casualties.
1692 battle of the Nine Years' War
1778
The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
Opera house in Milan, Italy
1811
First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
Mountain summit in the Bernese Alps, between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais
1829
The Treaty of Lewistown is signed by the Shawnee and Seneca peoples, exchanging land in Ohio for land west of the Mississippi River.
1829 land cession by the Seneca and Shawnee tribes in Lewistown, Ohio, United States
1852
Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard.
The race is also known as the first ever American intercollegiate athletic event.
1859
The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York.
American professional organization based in Chicago, Illinois
1889
An Anglo-Eyptian army defeats a Mahdist-Sudanese army in the battle of Toski.
1885–1899 Sudanese state
1903
Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
Secret revolutionary society (1893–1934)
1907
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
American judge and first commissioner of baseball (1866–1944)
1914
World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
Global conflict from 1914 to 1918
1921
Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
Chief executive of Major League Baseball
1936
Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
American track and field athlete (1913–1980)
1936
A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
Community in the Central Meshchyora, Ryazan Oblast, Russia; destroyed by a fire in 1936
1940
World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
Global conflict (1939–1945)
1946
Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
Amusement park in Indiana
1948
Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
American defected communist spy, writer, editor (1901–1961)
1949
The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
North American basketball league
1958
The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole.
First nuclear-powered submarine of the US Navy, in service from 1954 to 1980
1959
Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
1933–1969 Portuguese secret police force
1972
The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
Upper house of the US Congress
1975
A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
Four-engined single-aisle airliner family
1977
Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
Retail company based in Fort Worth, Texas, United States (1919–2000)
1981
Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
Country in West Africa
1997
Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
1997 killing of civilians by guerillas in Arib, Ain Defla, Algeria
1997
The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
2004
The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
Colossal sculpture in New York Harbor
2005
President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
2007
Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
Chilean secret police under the Pinochet dictatorship (1974–1990)
2010
Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.
Demonstrations after the murder of Pakistani politician Raza Haider
2014
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.
6.1 magnitude earthquake in Yunnan, China
2014
The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins.
2014-2017 genocide campaign by the Islamic State
2018
Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
2019
Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol, are arrested in an election protest in Moscow, Russia.
Russian political and public figure, lawyer (born 1987)
2019
Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.
Mass shooting in Texas, U.S.
