September 2 in History

Mary makes her formal entry into Edinburgh after returning from France

Intervenes in the French civil war against the Protestant Henry IV

After victory at Lostwithiel the Royalists are in a position to march on London

Monck advises Cromwell before the Parliamentarian attack on the Scottish army at Dunbar.

Stanley reaches Worcester after surviving Wigan Lane and rejoins Charles II shortly before the decisive battle.

1st day of the Great Fire of London, started in a bakers shop in Pudding Lane

Assured by the Mayor of London that if the King dies he will succeed

France and Denmark conclude terms restoring Denmark's wartime conquests to Sweden.

France and Denmark conclude terms restoring Denmark's wartime conquests to Sweden.

Takes power as regent after Louis XIV's death.

Succeeds as Regent of France

Danton urged bold national resistance as enemy armies advanced and Paris faced an acute military crisis.

The Battle of Alexandria is fought between the French army under General Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, where the British troops had advanced towards Alexandria. Abercromby defeats the French but dies during the battle. The British advance and capture Alexandria 2nd Sept 1801

The Battle of Alexandria is fought between the French army under General Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, where the British troops had advanced towards Alexandria. Abercromby defeats the French but dies during the battle. The British advance and capture Alexandria 2nd Sept 1801

The Battle of Alexandria is fought between the French army under General Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, where the British troops had advanced towards Alexandria. Abercromby defeats the French but dies during the battle. The British advance and capture Alexandria 2nd Sept 1801

Appointed Home Secretary

Crete rebels against Turkey & decrees union with Greece

Crete rebels against Turkey & decrees union with Greece

Crete rebels against Turkey & decrees union with Greece

Crete rebels against Turkey & decrees union with Greece

Crete rebels against Turkey & decrees union with Greece

Irish Home Rule Bill, approved by the House of Commons

Irish Home Rule Bill, approved by the House of Commons

Irish Home Rule Bill, approved by the House of Commons

Results in British control of the Upper Nile

Orders pursuit after the Mahdist army collapses during the Battle of Omdurman.

Occupies the Mahdist capital after defeating the Khalifa's main army outside the city.

Directs concentrated rifle, machine-gun and artillery fire that breaks the principal Mahdist assault.

Terra Nova departs Cape Town for Australia and New Zealand.

Scott joins Terra Nova before the expedition continues from Cape Town.

Kluck crosses the Marne

Ordes retreat to the Rivers Seine & Aube south east of Paris & 60 km south of the Marne

Churchill urges Kitchener to release additional trained artillery for the armies fighting in France.

Is held with other officers after his arrest.

Begins reorganising the government after the crisis while facing growing distrust from both left and right.

Haig's First Army breaks the Drocourt-Queant defensive system and forces further German withdrawal.

The White Army is forced back to the Black Sea. The White armies capture Kiev advancing within 250 miles of Moscow. Kiev is later recaptured by the Red Army

Religious orders are suppressed

Rebels take power in Peking under Yen Hsi-chan

Opposition warlords establish a rival political center in Beiping during the Central Plains War.

Assumes the position of supreme SA leader

Appointed acting President of Ecuador

Addresses 200,000 & promises that Nuremberg rallies will meet for 100 years

Proposes staff talks & a conference to condemn German aggression. Proposes staff talks & a conference to allow Russian troop access to Czech

The Hatay National Assembly is opened

The Hatay National Assembly is opened

Smuts supports a Commonwealth alliance to fight World War II. Puts the case in Cabinet for South African neutrality, defeated by Smuts

Smuts supports a Commonwealth alliance to fight World War II

Leads the government when the Constitution is amended to broaden emergency powers during wartime.

Leads the government as Ireland declares a national emergency at the outbreak of the Second World War.

Puts the case in Cabinet for South African neutrality, defeated by Smuts

The cabinet is split, 7 vote for war & 6 against

Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain in return for 99 yr naval base leases

Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain for 99 yr leases on naval bases

Welcomes the deal bringing American destroyers to Britain.

Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain in return for 99 yr naval base leases

Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain in return for 99 yr nave base leases

Charged with carrying out operation Crusader to relieve Tobruk & re-capture Cyrenaica

Appointed Commander of the Desert Force

Appointed Commander of the Desert Force

Charged with carrying out operation Crusader to relieve Tobruk & re-capture Cyrenaica

Charged with carrying out operation Crusader to relieve Tobruk & re-capture Cyrenaica

Alan Cunningham is charged with relieving Tobruk & the re-conquest of Cyrenaica

Alan Cunningham is charged with relieving Tobruk & the re-conquest of Cyrenaica

Alan Cunningham is charged with relieving Tobruk & the re-conquest of Cyrenaica

Charged with carrying out operation Crusader to relieve Tobruk & re-capture Cyrenaica

Eighth Army stops the Axis attack and preserves the defensive position protecting Egypt.

Proclaims the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Proclaims the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Japan surrenders to the Allies & Ho declares independence

Joins the first revolutionary government as Minister of Interior

The signed surrender document formally ends Japan's war with the Allied powers.

The formal ceremony aboard USS Missouri legally records Japan's capitulation.

The Japanese Empire formally accepts Allied terms aboard USS Missouri.

The Japanese government and armed forces accept the formal Allied surrender terms.

Yamashita's forces enter American custody, ending his command's resistance in the Philippines.

Umezu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters aboard USS Missouri.

Shigemitsu leads the Japanese delegation aboard USS Missouri and signs for the Japanese government.

The surrender of Japan is signed

Japan formally surrenders aboard the USS Missouri

Formal surrender of the Japanese Empire aboard the USS Missouri

Signs the surrender on behalf of the Emperor & Japanese Government on USS Missouri

Surrenders to the Americans after belated news of the Emperors death reaches him

Jawaharlal Nehru becomes Vice President of the Viceroy's Executive Council and leads the Interim Government.

Nehru leads the interim government of India as Britain moves toward transfer of power and partition negotiations continue.

Appointed acting President of Ecuador

Appointed President of Ecuador

Liston makes his professional debut knocking out Don Smith in the first round in St. Louis

Liston makes his professional debut knocking out Don Smith in the first round in St. Louis

Claims that the CIA has been infiltrated by Communists

Claims that the CIA has been infiltrated by Communists

Withdraws from the commonwealth rather than abandon Apartheid

Withdraws from the commonwealth rather than abandon Apartheid

Signs the National Defense Education Act to expand federal support for science, mathematics, languages and higher education.

Wins National Party leadership following Strijdom's death.

Becomes prime minister after Strijdom's death.

Appointed Prime Minister of South Africa

Moves from Native Affairs administration to national political leadership.

Takes national leadership of the apartheid government.

Akhtar Hussain Malik is removed from command of Operation Grand Slam after its initial advances.

Says the Vietnamese will defeat the US. Advocates a "peoples war" for rural areas to take over the cities

Yahya Khan takes command of Operation Grand Slam after Akhtar Hussain Malik is replaced.

Records a six-song demo at World Pacific Studios.

Plays bass on the early Doors demo session.

Emerges as the dominant leader after Ho Chi Minh's death

Maben's Pink Floyd concert film Live at Pompeii is released

ERISA establishes federal standards for private pension and employee-benefit plans.

Produces Bad Reputation for Thin Lizzy, strengthening his work with hard rock bands.

Mahdavi-Kani becomes interim prime minister after the deaths of Rajai and Bahonar

Mahdavi-Kani is appointed interim prime minister after the deaths of Rajai and Bahonar

Mahdavi-Kani leads an interim government after the Rajai-Bahonar assassination

Mahdavi-Kani serves as prime minister during the short interim government after the August bombing

Mahdavi-Kani serves as prime minister during the emergency transition after August 1981

Yitzhak Shamir, the Foreign Minister of Israel, is elected to succeed PM Menachem Begin as leader of the governing Herut Party

Yitzhak Shamir, the Foreign Minister of Israel, is elected to succeed PM Menachem Begin as leader of the governing Herut Party

Yitzhak Shamir, the Foreign Minister of Israel, is elected to succeed PM Menachem Begin as leader of the governing Herut Party

Rees, Jenkin & Gowrie leave the Government. Clarke, MacGregor & Baker join the Cabinet

Opening day of the SDP Conference in Torquay

Appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party

Appointed Home Secretary

The judgment is the first international conviction for genocide.

Is found guilty of genocide by the ICTR.

Discusses strategic arms reductions and nuclear security with Bill Clinton during the Moscow summit.

Detained former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Wajed is charged in a new graft case as part of the emergency Governments corruption crackdown

Google releases the Chrome web browser for Windows

Launches to the International Space Station as Denmarks first astronaut.

Conducts Danish and European experiments during the short Iriss mission.

Hichem Mechichi became head of government following parliamentary approval.

Birth of George Clarke Simpson

Birth of Werner von Blomberg

Keir Starmer is born in London and later grows up in Oxted, Surrey.

"he was my fiend, my teacher...I knew him since 1922 when we were together in Paris"

Death of Ho Chi Minh

Dies while North Vietnam continues the war

Death of Ho Chi Minh, age 79

The Royalists defeat Essex & capture 8,000 infantry. After their victory the Royalists are in a position to march on London

Defeated by Royalists 30 miles west of Plymouth. Charles I marches westwards from Oxford & intercepts Devereux. Charles I captures 8,000 of Devereuxs infantry

Defeated by Royalists 30 miles west of Plymouth, saves most of the cavalry

Writes that lying outside Dunbar is consuming the army as sickness spreads before battle.

Convinces the Council of War that the Scots are vulnerable at Dunbar

Forced to surrender

Surrenders to Bismarck at Donchery, later held at Wihelmshohe near Cassel

Joins the Army but is capture in battle & held as a prisoner near Kassel in Germany

Defeat at the Battle of Sedan is followed by the establishment of the third Republic

Results in British control of the Upper Nile. Counter-attacks the Dervishes & marches into Omdurman. Attacked by Abdullah at Egeiga 4 miles from Omdurman

Riga is evacuated

The 2nd Australian Div captures Peronne

Begins the combat sequence that makes him a leading Allied scorer.

Claims a Bf 109 destroyed while flying with No. 303 Squadron.

Rommel calls off the Alam Halfa attack after heavy losses in men, tanks, vehicles and guns.

Rommel is forced to retreat after the failure of the Axis attack at Alam Halfa.