495 May 3, Pope Gelasius asserted that his authority was superior to Emperor Anastasius. He saw in Cesare Borgia, the bastard son of Pope Alexander VI, the prospect of an Italy free of foreign control.
Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.
1568 May 3, French forces in Florida slaughtered hundreds of Spanish. A bridge in Rowley, Mass., was permitted to charge a toll for animals, while people crossed for free. John Winthrop the Younger, the son of the first governor of Massachusetts was honored by being made a fellow of the Royal Society, England's new scientific society. Winthrop gained a new charter from the king, uniting the colonies of Connecticut and New Haven. May 3, Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city, with the mayor appointed by the president and the council elected by property owners.