What is August 2?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1940 === * [[338 BC]] &ndash; [[History of Ancient Greece#The Rise of Macedon|Rise of Macedon]]: [[Philip II of Macedon]] crushes [[Athens]] and [[Thebes (Greece)|Thebes]] in the [[Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)|Battle of Chaeronea]]. * [[216 BC]] &ndash; [[Punic Wars]]: In the [[Battle of Cannae]], [[Hannibal]] destroys the [[Roman Republic|Roman]] army of [[Lucius Aemilius Paullus]] and [[Gaius Terentius Varro]] in what is considered one of the great masterpieces of the tactical art. * AD [[461]] &ndash; [[Majorian]] resigns as [[Western Roman Emperor]]; shortly afterwards [[Libius Severus]] is declared western [[Roman Empire|Roman]] emperor by [[Ricimer]]. * [[1274]] &ndash; [[Edward I of England]] returns from the Ninth [[Crusade]] and is crowned King 17 days later. * [[1377]] &ndash; [[Russia]]n troops are defeated at the [[Battle of Pyana River]] because of drunkenness. * [[1610]] &ndash; [[Henry Hudson]] sails into what is now [[Hudson Bay]], thinking he had reached the [[Pacific Ocean]] through the Northwest Passage. * [[1776]] &ndash; Delegates to the [[Continental Congress]] begin to sign the [[United States]] [[Declaration of Independence]]. * [[1790]] &ndash; First US Census; records are missing for five states: [[Delaware]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Kentucky]], [[New Jersey]] and [[Virginia]]. Destroyed somewhere between that date and 1830. * [[1798]] &ndash; [[Second Coalition]]: End of the [[Battle of the Nile]] between [[France|French]] and [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] navies; France defeated. * [[1830]] &ndash; [[Charles X of France]] leaves the throne to his grandson [[Henri, Count of Chambord]], who is, disputedly, [[King]] of [[France]] until [[August 9]]. * [[1832]] &ndash; [[Battle of Bad Axe]]: [[US]] troops defeat [[Native American]] Chief Black Hawk. * [[1858]] &ndash; [[British Columbia]] becomes a British colony. * [[1869]] &ndash; [[Japan|Japan's]] [[samurai]], [[farmer]], [[artisan]], [[merchant]] class system is abolished