📅 Today in HistoryNovember 3

Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia; on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor.

The Rouen Riot, an attempt by English king William Rufus to take possession of Rouen, the capital city of his brother Robert, duke of Normandy, fails.

The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.

Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.

Peace of Etaples between Henry VII of England and Charles VIII of France.

Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.

English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.

The American Continental Army is disbanded.

The University of Vermont, the oldest university in Vermont, and fifth-oldest in New England, is chartered.

French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.