What is September 2?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[44 BC]] &ndash; [[Pharaoh]] [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt]] declares her son co–ruler as [[Ptolemy XV]] [[Caesarion]]. * [[31 BC]] &ndash; [[Roman Civil War]]: [[Battle of Actium]] – Off the western coast of [[Greece]], forces of [[Octavian]] defeat troops under [[Mark Antony]] and [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt|Cleopatra]]. * [[1192]] &ndash; The [[Third Crusade]] ends, after a [[peace]] agreement [[Sultan]] [[Saladin]] and [[Richard I of England]]. * [[1649]] &ndash; The [[Italy|Italian]] city of [[Castro (city)|Castro]] is completely destroyed by the forces of [[Pope Innocent X]], ending the [[Wars of Castro]]. * [[1666]] &ndash; The [[Great Fire of London]] breaks out and burns for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including [[St. Paul's Cathedral]]. * [[1667]] &ndash; Street lighting is introduced in [[Paris]]. * [[1752]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom]] adopts the [[Gregorian calendar]], nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe. * [[1789]] &ndash; [[United States Department of the Treasury]] was founded. * [[1792]] &ndash; During what became known as the [[September Massacres]] of the [[French Revolution]], rampaging mobs slaughtered three [[Roman Catholic Church]] [[bishop]]s and more than two hundred [[priest]]s. * [[1806]] &ndash; A massive landslide destroys the [[town]] of Goldau, [[Switzerland]], killing 457 people. * [[1807]] &ndash; [[British Navy]] [[bombardment|bombards]] [[Copenhagen]] with fire bombs and [[phosphorus]] rockets to stop [[Denmark]] from surrendering its fleet to [[Napoleon]]. 70% of the city was destroyed and 2000 [[citizen]]s were killed. * [[1811]] &ndash; The [[University of Oslo]] is founded as The Royal Fredericks [[University]], named after King [[Frederick VI of Denmark|Frederick VI]] of [[Denmark]] and [[Norway]]. * [[1859]] &ndash; A [[Sun|solar]] super storm affects the electrical [[telegraph]] service. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: President [[Abraham Lincoln]] reluctantly restores [[United Sta