WHAT HAPPENED ON 3. SEPTEMBER
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In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. (3. September 36. BC)

San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus. (3. September 301)

Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great). (3. September 590)

King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne. (3. September 673)

Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid. (3. September 863)

Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster. (3. September 1189)

The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire. (3. September 1260)

Third English Civil War: in the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles II of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark. (3. September 1650)

Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester – Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war. (3. September 1651)

Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England (3. September 1658)

The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London (3. September 1666)

American Revolutionary War: during the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time. (3. September 1777)

American Revolutionary War: the war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain. (3. September 1783)

The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize. (3. September 1798)

William Wordsworth composes the sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802. (3. September 1802)

24 settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana. (3. September 1812)

Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery. (3. September 1838)

American Indian Wars: in Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children. (3. September 1855)

American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance. (3. September 1861)

Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23. (3. September 1870)