History Trivia

On September 4

476 Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was deposed when the barbarian Odoacer proclaimed himself King of Italy, and ended the Western Roman Empire.

925 Athelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great, was crowned King of England. First elected king of Wessex and Mercia, Athelstan was crowned king of the entire country at Kingston.

1241 Alexander III of Scotland was born. The reign of Alexander was considered a golden age by Scots involved in struggles with England after his death.

1666 (September 2-5) Great Fire of London destroyed the medieval city of London inside the old Roman city wall. The fire also threatened but spared the aristocratic district of Westminster, Charles II's Palace of Whitehall; unfortunately St. Paul's cathedral was destroyed.

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History Trivia

On September 3

 

36 BC In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeated Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, which ended Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.

 

590 Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).

 

1189 Richard I of England (the Lionhearted) was crowned King at Westminster.

 

 

1346 Edward III of England began the siege of Calais, along the coast of France.

 

1650 Third English Civil War: in the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces lead by Oliver Cromwell defeated an army loyal to King Charles II of England and lead by David Leslie, Lord Newark.

 

 1651 Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester – Charles II of England was defeated in the last main battle of the war.

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History Trivia

On September 2

44 BC Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declared her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.

44 BC Cicero launched the first of his Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months.

31 BC Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium – off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian under General Agrippa defeated the combined fleets of Antony and Cleopatra in the Battle of Actium, establishing Octavian as the ruler of the entire Roman world.

911 Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signed a treaty with Byzantines.

1192 Sultan Saladin and King Richard the lion hearted signed a cease fire.

1537 Danish King Christian III published an Ordinance on the Danish Church which ordered Denmark to convert to Lutheranism and as Norway was then ruled by Denmark, the Norwegians converted as well.

1666 The Great Fire of London began in a bakery on Pudding Lane and will destroy much of the city.

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