September 2nd, 1524

Born on September 2nd, 1524

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 183,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on September 2nd?

September 2nd, 2011

Bad weather caused a Chilean Air Force aircraft to crash into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 21 people on board.

September 2nd, 1985

Hurricane Elena, an unpredictable and damaging tropical cyclone that affected eastern and central portions of the United States Gulf Coast, made landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi, as a Category 3 major hurricane.

September 2nd, 1967

Paddy Roy Bates proclaimed HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, as an independent sovereign state: the Principality of Sealand (pictured).

September 2nd, 1957

South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began an official visit to Australia, the first by a foreign incumbent head of state to the country.

September 2nd, 1946

The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, was formed to assist the transition of India from British rule to independence.

September 2nd, 1945

On the deck of the U.S. Navy battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, representatives from the Empire of Japan and the Allied powers signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender , formally ending World War II.

September 2nd, 1923

Kantō Massacre: Amid rumors that Koreans had been conducting acts of sabotage in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, lynch mobs of Japanese murdered thousands of ethnic minorities such as Koreans and Chinese over the course of several weeks.

September 2nd, 1912

Arthur Rose Eldred became the first person to attain the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.

September 2nd, 1901

U.S. vice president Theodore Roosevelt first publicly used the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick" (cartoon pictured) at the Minnesota State Fair, describing his philosophy of negotiating peacefully while simultaneously threatening to use military force.

September 2nd, 1885

White miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming, attacked Chinese-American immigrants, killing at least 28 Chinese miners and causing approximately $150,000 in property damage.

September 2nd, 1870

Franco-Prussian War: Prussian forces captured Napoleon III at the Battle of Sedan, which led to the collapse of the Second French Empire within days.

September 2nd, 1792

French Revolution: Due to an overwhelming fear that foreign armies would attack Paris and prisoners would revolt, revolutionaries began the summary execution of more than a thousand prisoners.

September 2nd, 1789

The United States Department of the Treasury was founded following financial concerns in the new nation.

September 2nd, 1666

A large fire began in London's Pudding Lane and burned for five days, destroying St Paul's Cathedral and the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants.

September 2nd, 2015

The drowned body of 2-year-old Alan Kurdi washed up on a beach during the 2015 European migrant crisis

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 2nd

Same year
Born in 1524

39

Rani Durgavati

Queen regent of Gondwana (1524–1564)

*October 5th, 1524, Banda district †June 24th, 1564, Achalpur

62

Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg

Duchess consort of Mecklenburg

*October 14th, 1524, Denmark †October 15th, 1586, Gedser

65

François Hotman

French jurisconsult

*August 23rd, 1524, Paris †February 12th, 1590, Basel

82

Adolph Occo III

German doctor and scholar (1526-1606)

*October 17th, 1524, Augsburg †October 28th, 1606, Augsburg

61

Ottavio Farnese

Duke of Parma (1524-1586)

*October 9th, 1524, Valentano †September 18th, 1586, Parma

75

Johann Latomus

Catholic priest and chronicler from Frankfurt am Main

*January 24th, 1524, Frankfurt †January 1st, 1600, Frankfurt

60

Giovanni Francesco Commendone

Catholic cardinal (1523-1585)

*March 17th, 1524, Venice †December 26th, 1584, Padua

59

Thomas Erastus

Swiss Calvinist theologian and physician

*September 7th, 1524, Baden †December 31st, 1583, Basel

62

Johannes Vischer

German physician and university teacher

*December 19th, 1524, Wemding †April 21st, 1587, Tübingen

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on September 2nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1524 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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