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In 1898, Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.
September 2 in History
1898 — Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan
September 2 spans 56 recorded events across recorded history, from 44 BC to 2024. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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- 2023 India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan space centre. Source
- -44 Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months. Source
- 1960 The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day. Source
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The Battle of Omdurman, also known as the Battle of Karary, was fought during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan between a British–Egyptian expeditionary force commanded by British Commander-in-Chief (sirdar) major general Horatio Herbert Kitchener and a Sudanese army of the Mahdist State, led by Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.
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The battle took place on 2 September 1898, at Kerreri, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of Omdurman. This clarifies the institutional and public response around the event.
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In 1898, Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.
Did you know
In 1898, Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.
-44
Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
Title of Ancient Egyptian rulers
-44
Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony.
He will make 14 of them over the following months.
-31
Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium: Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
War between Mark Antony and Octavian, 32–30 BC
1192
The Treaty of Jaffa is signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to the end of the Third Crusade.
Truce ending the Third Crusade
1561
Entry of Mary, Queen of Scots into Edinburgh, a spectacular civic celebration for the Queen of Scotland, marred by religious controversy.
1561 royal entry celebration for Mary, Queen of Scots in Edinburgh
1601
4th Spanish Armada makes landfall in Ireland at Kinsale.
1601-2 event in the Anglo-Spanish war
1649
The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
Ancient city in Ischia di Castro, northern Lazio, Italy
1666
The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
1666 conflagration in England
1752
Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
Sovereign state in Western Europe (1707–1801)
1789
The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
United States federal executive department
1792
During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
1792 killings of prisoners in Paris
1806
A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland, killing 457.
City in the community of Arth, canton of Schwyz, Switzerland
1807
Napoleonic Wars: The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
Battle of the Napoleonic Wars
1856
The Tianjing incident takes place in Nanjing, China.
1856 internal conflict in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
1859
The Carrington Event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record.
Geomagnetic storm in 1859
1862
American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B.
McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
1864
American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta as the city surrenders, ending the Atlanta campaign as a victory for General William T.
Sherman.
1867
Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
Emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912
1870
Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
War from 1870 to 1871
1885
Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
1885 massacre in Wyoming, US
1901
Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
President of the United States from 1901 to 1909
1912
Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
First Eagle Scout in the United States
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 begin massacring thousands of civilians over the course of several weeks, mainly ethnic minorities such as Koreans and Chinese.
1923 mass murder in Japan
1935
The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 1935
1939
World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
Global conflict (1939–1945)
1944
The last execution of a Finn in Finland takes place when soldier Olavi Laiho is executed by shooting in Oulu.
Country in northern Europe
1945
World War II: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japan and the major warring powers aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, thus marking the official end to the war.
1945 agreement ending World War II
1945
Communist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam after the end of the Nguyễn dynasty.
Leader of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969
1946
The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as vice president with the powers of a Prime Minister.
1946–1947 provisional government
1957
President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
President of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963
1958
A USAF RC-130 is shot down by fighters over Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission.
All crew members are killed.
1960
The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile.
The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
1963
CBS Evening News becomes U.S.
network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
1968
1970
NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
American space and aeronautics agency
1970
Aeroflot Flight 3630, a Tupolev Tu-124 en route from southern Russia to Lithuania, crashes after the pilots lost control of the aircraft at cruise altitude between Rostov-on-Don Airport and Vilnius Airport, on the second leg of the flight; all 37 passengers and crew are killed.
1970 aviation accident
1984
Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the Milperra massacre, a shootout between the rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros in Sydney, Australia.
1984 gang gunfight in Milperra, Australia
1985
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M.
Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.
1987
In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
German activist, landed a plane near Red Square in Moscow in 1987
1990
Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
Unrecognized state in Eastern Europe
1992
The 7.7 Mw Nicaragua earthquake affected the west coast of Nicaragua.
With a Ms–Mw disparity of half a unit, this tsunami earthquake triggered a tsunami that caused most of the damage and casualties, with at least 116 killed. Typical runup heights were 3–8 meters (9.8–26.2 ft).
1998
Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people on board are killed.
1998 aircraft accident in Canada
1998
The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
Global intergovernmental organization
2008
Google launches its Google Chrome web browser.
American multinational technology company
2009
The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Fatalities included Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
2010
Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.
Ongoing military and political conflict in West Asia
2013
The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens at 10:15 pm at a cost of $6.4 billion, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the old span.
Seismic stabilization megaproject in California (2002–2013)
2018
National Museum of Brazil fire, A massive fire destroys most of the Paço de São Cristóvão, which houses the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro.
The museum holds important archaeοlogical and anthropological objects, including the remains of the Luzia Woman, Marajoara vases and Egyptian mummies.
2019
Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, devastates the Bahamas, killing at least five.
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2019
2019
The dive boat MV Conception catches fire and sinks near Santa Cruz Island, killing 34.
2019 maritime disaster
2022
Eighteen people are killed and 23 others are injured by a suicide bombing at a Sunni mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.
Suicide attack in Afghanistan
2023
India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan space centre.
India's first solar observation mission
2024
Four people are killed in a mass shooting targeting homeless people on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest Park, Illinois, United States.
Rapid transit system in Chicago, Illinois
2024
A suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, kills 6 people and injures 13.
2024 suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan
2024
At least 129 inmates are killed and 59 more injured in an attempted prison break at Makala Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2024 attempted jailbreak at the Makala Central Prison