Date of the day

On August 2, 1833, Michal Volovich,

a participant in the liberation uprising of 1831, commander of the partisan division in 1833

, was executed by hanging .

Also on this day

216 BC

- the Carthaginian general

Hannibal

inflicted the heaviest defeat on the Romans in their entire history at Cannes.

1776

- a ceremony was held to sign the Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4 by the Continental Congress, which announced the separation of 13 North American colonies from Great Britain.

1802

- by plebiscite

, Napoleon

was appointed consul for life of France.

Napoleon's tomb in the House of Invalids, Paris

1840

- by decree of the Russian emperor, the Statute of the Great Patriotic War was terminated on the territory of Vilna, Horaden, and Minsk provinces.

1919

— the Belarusian Military Commission was established in Vilnius by the Central Belarusian Council of the Vilna and Horaden Regions — a body for the formation of Belarusian units in the army of the Second Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

1934

- after the death of Reich President

Paul Hindenburg

, a referendum was announced in Germany on the question of combining the offices of Reich President and Reich Chancellor, as a result of which

Adolf Hitler

was declared the Fuehrer of Germany.

1945

— the Potsdam Conference of the leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition —

Clement Attlee

(Great Britain),

Harry Truman

(USA) and

Joseph Stalin

(USSR) ended.

Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman during the Potsdam Conference, 1945

1990

- Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

They were born on this day

1549

Nikolai Kristof Radzivil "Orphan"

, statesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, traveler.

Mykolai Kristof Radzivil "Orphan"

1923

-

Shimon Peres

, Israeli politician and statesman, 9th president of Israel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, born in Belarus.

Hometown of Shimon Peres in the village of Vishneva

In memory

1589

Henrik Valezy

, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

1719

Karol Stanislav Radzivil

, statesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, chancellor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

King Stanislav Radzivil, Mr. Lover

1922

-

Alexander Bell

, American scientist, inventor of the telephone.