On this day in History - Sep. 3

Published: September 2, 2007, 8:31 pm

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36 BC - 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. 0301 - San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, was founded by Saint Marinus. 0590 - St. Gregory I becomes Pope. 1034 - Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan was born (d. 1073). 1189 - Richard I of England is crowned in Westminster. 1260 - 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. 1384 - Portugal : Fim do cerco de Lisboa (Crise de 1383-1385) 1402 - Gian Galeazzo Visconti dies (b. 1351). Duke of Milan.1420 - Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany dies. Regent of Scotland 1474 - Ariosto was born (d. 1533). Italian poet. 1499 - Diane de Poitiers was born (d. 1566). Mistress of Henri II of France. 1568 - Adriano Banchieri was born (d. 1634).

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