# 03/09 – On This Day

By [History](https://paragraph.com/@history) · 2025-09-03

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*   **863** – The Byzantine Empire defeated the Emirate of Melitene at the Battle of Lalakaon, ushering in a new era of power.
    
*   **1651** – Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentarian army won the Battle of Worcester, the final clash of the English Civil War.
    
*   **1777** – British and Hessian troops overcame American militia at the Battle of Cooch’s Bridge.
    
*   **1936** – The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America was founded in Ottawa, Canada.
    
*   **2001** – In Belfast, loyalists renewed a protest outside a Catholic girls’ school during the Troubles.

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