September 3rd (1879) was a Wednesday. It's the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 120 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 3rd September, 1879
» Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari called Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Corps of Guides (India) known as The Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul.
September 3rd Holidays in History
» Armed Forces Day Republic of China known as Armed Forces Day (Republic of China)
» Christian Calendar of saints called feast day:
» Saint Marinus or Marinus
» Pope Gregory I
» Remaclus
» Prudence Crandall (Episcopal Church (USA))
» September 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Robert Wolfall, Presbyter (commemoration, Anglicanism)
» Feast of San Marino and the Republic, celebrates the foundation of the Republic of San Marino in 301.
» Flag Day (Australia)
» Independence Day, celebrates the second independence of Qatar from the United Kingdom in 1971.
» Levy Mwanawasa Day (Zambia)
» Memorial Day (Tunisia)
» Canadian Merchant Navy named Merchant Navy Remembrance Day (Canada)