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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 2nd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 2, 1666, one of history’s most memorable fires occurred in the English capital of London. On September 2, 1807, the British Royal Navy and Army bombarded the port city of Copenhagen, Denmark, using fire bombs and phosphorus incendiary rockets in order to prevent neutral Denmark from deciding to align with Napoleonic France and turn over the use of its war…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 1st.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 1, 1715, King Louis XIV of France died after having ruled for 72 years, the longest reign of a king or queen of any major European country. On September 1st, 1914, Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, was found dead in her cage by her keepers at the Cincinnati Zoo. On September 1, 1914, the last known living Passenger Pigeon died…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 31st.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 31, 1535, King Henry VIII of England was kicked out of the Catholic Church by Pope Paul III, although a more official excommunication would come three years later. On August 31, 1854, a seminal moment in the history of illness and scientific application of anti-disease efforts struck the Broad Street area of Soho, London, England, when a severe cholera outbreak…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 30th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 30, 1792, Napoleon Bonaparte was appointed a captain in the French Army, a major stepping stone on the path that eventually resulted in his becoming Emperor of the French. From August 29-30, 1813, The Battle of Kulm was fought near the town Kulm (Chlumec) and the village Přestanov in northern Bohemia, during the War of the Sixth Coalition, part of the…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 29th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 29, 708 (AD), Japan minted copper coins for the first time in their history. On August 29, 1350, the English naval fleet under King Edward III defeated the Castilian fleet at the Battle of Winchelsea in the English Channel after the Castilian fleet had previously attacked and captured English trade ships. On August 29, 1728, the city of Nuuk, Greenland…