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August 3

 * 8 - Roman general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus.
 * 881 - Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu, where Louis III of France defeated the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied
 * 1645 - The Second Battle of Nördlingen is fought between the forces of France and the Holy Roman Empire.
 * 1860 - The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand.
 * 1914 - First World War: Germany declares war against France.
 * 1916 - First World War: The Battle of Romani is fought between forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
 * 1940 - Second World War: Italy invades British Somaliland.
 * 1972 - U.S. Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.