Day In History
This Day in History
Today: September 3, 2026
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In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
301
San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
590
Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).
673
King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne.
863
Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
1189
Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.[1]
1260
The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
1335
At the congress of Visegrád Charles I of Hungary mediates a reconciliation between two neighboring monarchs, John of Bohemia and Casimir III of Poland. [2]
1411
The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.
1650
Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh for the New Model Army in the Third English Civil War.[3]
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