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This is a list of selected February 3 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
1509Turkish–Portuguese War: Portugal defeated a joint fleet of Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, Ottoman Empire, the Zamorin of Calicut and the Sultan of Gujarat at the Battle of Diu off the coast of Diu, India. {{refimprove section}}, {{unreferenced section}}
1787Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts, was crushed, an event that energized calls in the United States for a stronger government than what was established by the Articles of Confederation. need to verify date, Daniel Shays article says Feb 2, and File:Monument to shays rebellion.jpg shows the last battle being on Feb 27
1815 – The first factory for the industrial production of cheese opened in Switzerland. Need to verify date, {{unreferenced section}}
1867Crown Prince Mutsuhito succeeded his father Kōmei as Emperor of Japan, taking the title Meiji. needs more footnotes
1870 – The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, granting voting rights to citizens regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". Tagged with {{refimprove}}
1966 – The Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 (pictured) became the first space probe to land on the Moon and transmit pictures from the lunar surface. Tagged with {{refimprove}}
1998 – Despite attracting a large national and international movement advocating the commutation of her sentence to life imprisonment, Karla Faye Tucker became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1984. {{refimprove}}

Eligible

February 3: Setsubun in Japan; Four Chaplains' Day in the United States

Painting of the Battle of San Lorenzo

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