August 3
881 Battle
of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeated the Vikings, an event
celebrated in the German poem Ludwigslied.
1291 the Crusaders abandoned Tortosa
(province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain) to the Moslems.
1347 Six burghers
of the surrounded French city of Calais surrendered to Edward III of England,
hoping to relieve the siege.
1387 Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark/ Norway
died.
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