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Pompey defeated by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Pharsalus: 9 August 48 - This Day in History

During the Roman Civil War of 49–45 , Julius Caesar's troops on this day in 48 decisively defeated the army of Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus, causing Pompey to flee to Egypt, where he was subsequently murdered.

More Events on this day:

1945: The second atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the United States in World War II struck the city of Nagasaki.

1854: Henry David Thoreau's masterwork Walden was published.

1814: Defeated by U.S. General Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians signed the Treaty of Fort Jackson, requiring them to cede 23 million acres of land, comprising more than half of Alabama and part of southern Georgia.

Amedeo Avogadro: Biography of the Day

Amedeo Avogadro

Born this day in 1776, Amedeo Avogadro of Italy showed that, under controlled conditions of temperature and pressure, equal volumes of gases contain an equal number of molecules—what became known as Avogadro's law.

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