216 BCE
Battle of Cannae
Battle · Europe
On this day
2 August
284 events in the atlas are dated to 2 August, from 216 BCE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 284 events
- 216 BCE – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1776
signing of the United States Declaration of Independence
Event · North America
1892
Austro-Hungarian krone
Event · Europe · 1892 – 1918
1990
Gulf War
War · Middle East · 1990 – 1991
1998
Second Congo War
War · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1998 – 2003
2009
Typhoon Morakot
Event
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 3 eventsThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 6 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 29 events- 1776signing of the United States Declaration of IndependenceEvent · North America
- 1718War of the Quadruple AllianceWar · Europe · 1718 – 1720
- 17901790 United States CensusEvent · North America
- 17251725 Sichuan earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1557Battle of St. QuentinSiege · Europe
- 1552Peace of PassauTreaty · Europe
- 16761676 papal conclaveElection · Europe
- 1665Battle of VågenBattle · Europe
- 1649Battle of RathminesBattle · Europe
- 1560Battle of ErgemeBattle · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 43 events- 1892Austro-Hungarian kroneEvent · Europe · 1892 – 1918
- 1864Battle of Mobile BayBattle · North America
- 1867Wagon Box FightEvent · North America
- 1831Ten Days' CampaignWar · Europe
- 1857Battle of AgraBattle · South Asia
- 1870Battle of SaarbrückenBattle · Europe
- 1876Battle of FundinaBattle · Europe
- 1862First Zeitun ResistanceSiege · Middle East
- 1889Founding of ZacharyFounding · North America
- 1889Founding of Sturgeon LakeFounding · North America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 131 events- 1990Gulf WarWar · Middle East · 1990 – 1991
- 1998Second Congo WarWar · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1998 – 2003
- 1990Operation Desert ShieldEvent · Middle East · 1990 – 1991
- 1945Potsdam AgreementEvent · Europe
- 1980Bologna massacreAttack · Europe
- 1985Delta Air Lines Flight 191Accident · North America
- 1964Gulf of Tonkin incidentBattle · Southeast Asia
- 1999War of DagestanWar · Europe
- 1943Treblinka uprisingRebellion · Europe
- 1914Bryan–Chamorro TreatyTreaty
The 21st century
since 2001 · 72 events- 2009Typhoon MorakotEvent
- 2005Air France Flight 358Accident · North America
- 20222022 visit by Nancy Pelosi to TaiwanEvent · East Asia
- 2018Typhoon ShanshanEvent
- 2022Value Them Both AmendmentElection · North America
- 2006murder of Robert Eric WoneNatural disaster · North America
- 2025Syrian Democratic Forces–Syrian transitional government clashesEvent · Middle East
- 2016Hurricane EarlNatural disaster
- 2014Battle of ArsalBattle · Middle East
- 2008Latvian constitutional referendum, 2008Election · Europe
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.