September 2nd, 1856

Born on September 2nd, 1856

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 2nd, 1856?

September 2nd, 1856

The Tianjing incident takes place in Nanjing, China.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianjing_incident

What else 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 (pictured), 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" 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 (depicted), destroying St Paul's Cathedral and the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants.

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

Born on September 2nd, 1856

79

John Bowser

Australian politician

*September 2nd, 1856, Islington †June 10th, 1936, Wangaratta

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 2nd?

83

Jörg Kuebart

German general (1934-2018)

*September 2nd, 1934, Olsztyn †February 14th, 2018, Bad Honnef

58

Paul Hervieu

French novelist and playwright

*September 2nd, 1857, Neuilly-sur-Seine †October 25th, 1915, Paris

81

Ernst Curtius

German archaeologist and historian (1814–1896)

*September 2nd, 1814, Lübeck †July 11th, 1896, Berlin

104

Ingeborg Rapoport

German physician and East German communist functionary (1912-2017)

*September 2nd, 1912, Kribi †March 23rd, 2017, Berlin

75

Nicole Leblanc

Canadian actress

*September 2nd, 1941, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine †May 23rd, 2017, Montreal

59

Keanu Reeves

Canadian actor (born 1964)

*September 2nd, 1964, Beirut

21

Jasmine Liu

American Samoan beach handball player

*September 2nd, 2002, Vaitogi

98

Arthur Ashkin

American physicist (1922-2020)

*September 2nd, 1922, Brooklyn †September 21st, 2020, Rumson

74

Fred Draper

American actor (1925-1999)

*September 2nd, 1925, Chester †December 26th, 1999, San Bernardino

74

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Austrian school economist and libertarian anarcho-capitalist philosopher

*September 2nd, 1949, Peine

57

Salma Hayek

Mexican and American actress and producer

*September 2nd, 1966, Coatzacoalcos

61

Keir Starmer

Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom since 2020

*September 2nd, 1962, Southwark

75

George Robert Sims

English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist (1847-1922)

*September 2nd, 1847, London Borough of Lambeth †September 4th, 1922, City of Westminster

94

Maurice René Fréchet

French mathematician (1878–1973)

*September 2nd, 1878, Maligny †June 4th, 1973, Paris

82

Victor Spinetti

Welsh actor and theatre director

*September 2nd, 1929, Cwm †June 18th, 2012, Monmouth

52

Stephan Grossmann

German actor

*September 2nd, 1971, Dresden

123

Souad Abdullah

Kuwaiti actress

*September 2nd, 1900, Basra

59

Pascal Demolon

French actor, voice actor, director and film producer

*September 2nd, 1964, Soissons

60

Florența Mihai

Romanian tennis player

*September 2nd, 1955, Bucharest †October 14th, 2015, Bucharest

82

Derek Fowlds

British actor (1937–2020)

*September 2nd, 1937, Wandsworth †January 17th, 2020, Bath

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Born in 1856

83

Jens Bratlie

13th Prime Minister of Norway

*January 17th, 1856, Nordre Land Municipality †September 15th, 1939, Oslo

83

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

*May 6th, 1856, Příbor †September 23rd, 1939, London

86

Nikola Tesla

Serbian-American inventor (1856–1943)

*July 10th, 1856, Smiljan †January 7th, 1943, New York City

94

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)

*July 26th, 1856, Dublin †November 2nd, 1950, Ayot St Lawrence

67

Woodrow Wilson

President of the United States from 1913 to 1921

*December 28th, 1856, Woodrow Wilson Birthplace †February 3rd, 1924, Woodrow Wilson House

73

Georg von der Marwitz

German general (1856–1929)

*July 7th, 1856, Słupsk †October 27th, 1929, Unichowo

85

Anna Elizabeth Klumpke

American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942)

*October 28th, 1856, San Francisco †February 9th, 1942, San Francisco

62

Alexander Bernewitz

Latvian theologian (1856-1919)

*May 26th, 1856, Kandava †January 16th, 1919, Kandava

62

L. Frank Baum

American author of children's books (1856–1919)

*May 15th, 1856, Chittenango †May 6th, 1919, Hollywood

95

Philippe Pétain

French military and political leader (1856–1951)

*April 24th, 1856, Cauchy-à-la-Tour †July 23rd, 1951, Port-Joinville

69

John Singer Sargent

American painter (1856–1925)

*January 12th, 1856, Florence †April 15th, 1925, London

64

Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg

German politician (1856–1921)

*November 29th, 1856, Hohenfinow †January 1st, 1921, Hohenfinow

80

Frank B. Kellogg

American politician (1856-1937)

*December 22nd, 1856, Potsdam †December 21st, 1937, Saint Paul

83

J. J. Thomson

British physicist (1856-1940)

*December 18th, 1856, Cheetham Hill †August 30th, 1940, Cambridge

62

Karl Adolph Gjellerup

Danish writer

*November 30th, 1856, Roholte †October 13th, 1919, Klotzsche

59

Booker T. Washington

African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)

*April 5th, 1856, Hale's Ford †November 14th, 1915, Tuskegee

45

Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper

German botanist (1856–1901)

*May 12th, 1856, Strasbourg †September 9th, 1901, Basel

59

William Wallace Denslow

American illustrator and caricaturist

*May 25th, 1856, Philadelphia †May 27th, 1915, Knickerbocker Hospital

60

Diamond Jim Brady

American businessman

*August 12th, 1856, New York City †April 13th, 1917, Atlantic City

55

Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo

Spanish author

*November 3rd, 1856, Santander †May 19th, 1912, Santander

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Leap year

Yes: 1856 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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