Editing December 3 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: {{USS|Alfred|1774|6}} becomes the first vessel to fly the [[Continental Union Flag]] (precursor to the "[[Flag of the United States|Stars and Stripes]]"); the flag is hoisted by [[John Paul Jones]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Hearst Magazines |title=Popular Mechanics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA590 |date=October 1926 |publisher=Hearst Magazines |pages=590}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[War of the Second Coalition]]: [[Battle of Wiesloch (1799)|Battle of Wiesloch]]: [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] Lieutenant Field Marshal [[Anton Sztáray]] defeats the [[First French Empire|French]] at [[Wiesloch]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Ramsay Weston Phipps |title=The Armies of the First French Republic and the Rise of the Marshals of Napoleon I ... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-59bAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA176 |year=1926 |publisher=Oxford University Press, H. Milford |pages=176}}</ref>
*[[1800]] &ndash; War of the Second Coalition: [[Battle of Hohenlinden]]: French General [[Jean Victor Marie Moreau]] decisively defeats the [[Archduke John of Austria]] near [[Munich]]. Coupled with [[First Consul]] [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s earlier victory at [[Battle of Marengo|Marengo]], this will force the Austrians to sign [[Treaty of Lunéville|an armistice]] and end the war.<ref>{{cite book |author=Alexander Charles Ewald |title=The Last Century of Universal History: A Reference Book, Containing an Annotated Table of Chronology.... From 1767 to 1867 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tikIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA35 |year=1868 |publisher=F. Warne & Company |pages=35}}</ref>
*  1800   &ndash; [[1800 United States presidential election|United States presidential election]]: The Electoral College casts votes for president and vice president that result in a tie between [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[Aaron Burr]].
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Illinois]] becomes the 21st [[U.S. state]].
*[[1834]] &ndash; The [[Zollverein]] (German Customs Union) begins the first regular [[census in Germany]].
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Eureka Stockade]]: More than 20 gold miners at [[Ballarat, Victoria]], are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.
*[[1859]] &ndash; Nigeria's first newspaper, missionary [[Henry Townsend (missionary)|Henry Townsend's]] ''Iwe Irohin'', was published.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.africatodayyesterday.org/days/03-dec | title=Today in African history - 03 December }}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; The first issue of [[Tampere]]an daily newspaper ''[[Aamulehti]]'' ("Morning Paper") is published.<ref>[https://memim.com/aamulehti.html ''Aamulehti''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130032702/https://memim.com/aamulehti.html |date=2021-11-30 }} – Memim.com</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; The [[Duquesne Country and Athletic Club]] defeats [[1898 Western Pennsylvania All-Star football team|an all-star collection of early football players]] 16–0, in what is considered to be the first [[all-star game]] for professional [[American football]].