Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 3
On September 3:
- 1783 - American Revolutionary War ends: Treaty of Paris - A treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain was signed in Paris, ending the war.
- 1838 - Dressed in a sailor's uniform and carrying identification papers provided by a free Black seaman, future abolitionist Frederick Douglass boarded a train in Maryland on his way to freedom from slavery.
Recent days: September 2 - September 1