Editing May 3 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Loudun]] ends a French civil war.
*[[1715]] &ndash; A [[solar eclipse of May 3, 1715|total solar eclipse]] is visible across northern Europe and northern Asia, as predicted by [[Edmond Halley]] to within four minutes accuracy.
*[[1791]] &ndash; The [[Constitution of May 3, 1791|Constitution of May 3]] (the first modern [[constitution]] in Europe) is proclaimed by the [[Sejm]] of [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Washington, D.C.]] is incorporated as a city after [[United States Congress|Congress]] abolishes the Board of Commissioners, the District's founding government. The "City of Washington" is given a [[Mayor–council government|mayor-council]] form of government.<ref>{{cite book|last=Costanzo|first=Adam|title=George Washington's Washington: Visions for the National Capital in the Early American Republic|location=[[Athens, Georgia]]|publisher=[[The University of Georgia Press]]|date=2018|isbn=9780820352855|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rd5PDwAAQBAJ|pages=76–77, 200 fn. 28}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Finnish War]]: Sweden loses the fortress of [[Sveaborg]] to Russia.
*  1808   &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: The [[Madrid]] rebels who [[Dos de Mayo Uprising|rose up]] on [[May 2]] are executed near [[Príncipe Pío (hill)|Príncipe Pío]] hill.
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Neapolitan War]]: [[Joachim Murat]], King of [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]], is defeated by the Austrians at the [[Battle of Tolentino]], the decisive engagement of the war.
*[[1830]] &ndash; The [[Canterbury and Whitstable Railway]] is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
*[[1837]] &ndash; The [[National and Kapodistrian University of Athens|University of Athens]] is founded in [[Athens]], Greece.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rüegg |first1=Walter |title=A History of the University in Europe: Volume 3, Universities in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (1800–1945) |date=2004 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-139-45302-8 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=entlN4EEPUYC&pg=PA43 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; The boar-crested [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[Benty Grange helmet]] is discovered in a [[Tumulus|barrow]] on the [[Benty Grange]] farm in [[Derbyshire]].
*[[1849]] &ndash; The [[May Uprising in Dresden]] begins: The last of the German revolutions of 1848–49.
*[[1855]] &ndash; American adventurer [[William Walker (filibuster)|William Walker]] departs from [[San Francisco]] with about 60 men to conquer [[Nicaragua]].