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September 13 in history

233 sourced entries recorded on September 13, from 509 BCE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 509 BCEThe Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September.source
  • 122The building of Hadrian's Wall begins.source
  • 335The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is consecrated.source
  • 379Yax Nuun Ayiin (I) becomes ruler of Tikal.source
  • 533Battle of Ad Decimum: Gelimer attempts to ambush the Byzantines in a defile at the "10th milestone" from Carthage; due to inadequate coordination and the alertness of Belisarius, the attack is repulsed and the Vandals are scattered into the desert. Belisarius enters the capital and orders his soldiers not to kill or enslave the population. The fleet is stationed in the Lake of Tunis.source
  • 908Battle of Belach Mugna: In an alliance with the kings Cerball mac Muirecáin of Leinster, Cathal mac Conchobair of Connacht, and Cellach mac Cerbaill of Osraige, High King Flann Sinna defeats the forces of King Cormac mac Cuilennáin of Munster near Castledermot (County Kildare).source
  • 1111September 13–29 – Battle of Shaizar: Sultan Muhammad I Tapar appoints Mawdud ibn Altuntash, Turkic governor (atabeg) of Mosul, to lead a Seljuk expedition against the Crusaders. The composite force includes Muslim contingents from Damascus, Diyarbakır, Ahlat and some Persian troops, headed by Bursuq ibn Bursuq from Hamadan. The Crusaders (16,000 men), led by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem, are cut off from their supplies, and within two weeks (due to constant Seljuk skirmishes) forced to fall back on Afamiya in northern Syria.source
  • 1122Count Joscelin I and Waleran of Le Puiset are taken prisoner by Turkish forces led by Belek Ghazi near Saruj in northern Syria. Belek offers Joscelin liberty in return for the cession of Edessa. He refuses to accept these terms; Joscelin and Waleran and 60 other Crusaders are taken to the castle at Kharput.source
  • 1215King John of England seeks help from Innocent III in his fight against the Barons. In a letter, written while staying at Dover Castle, he states that the defense of England is the responsibility of God and the Pope.source
  • 1217Papal ratification of the Treaty of Lambeth from the papal legate, who were encamped near Kingston.source
  • 1229Ögedei Khan, the third son of Genghis Khan is proclaimed "Great Khan" of the Mongol Empire, at a Kurultai council.source
  • 1306In Scotland, English forces under Edward of Caernarfon capture and sack Kildrummy Castle in Aberdeenshire. Edward takes Elizabeth de Burgh, Christina Bruce and Mary Bruce (sisters of Robert the Bruce), and Princess Marjorie Bruce (daughter of Bruce) as prisoners. He executes Nigel de Brus (younger brother of Bruce) for high treason, who is later hanged, drawn and quartered at Berwick.source
  • 1318Pope John XXII appoints a commission of three members (Uberto d'Ormont, Bishop of Naples; Angelo Tignosi, Bishop of Viterbo; and notary Pandulpho de Sabbello) to take evidence on the matter of the canonization of Thomas Aquinas. Testimony is taken of 42 witnesses between July 21 and September 18, 1319.source
  • 1319Pope John XXII issues the papal bull "Imminente Nobis", declaring that the Pope has the right of appointment to all clerical offices (archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors and collegiate and monasterial leaders) in the Roman Catholic Church, ending the right of the individual chapters to elect their own leaders.source
  • 1376Pope Gregory XI departs from Avignon in France to begin his journey to Rome in an attempt to make peace between the Republic of Florence and the Papal States.source
  • 1393Sir Walter Devereux, a prominent knight in the English county of Hertfordshire, is dispatched by King Richard II to suppress the Lollards, activists, led by Walter Brut seeking a reformation of the Catholic Church in the county.source
  • 1418Commissioned by the Sultan Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh of Egypt and supervised by the Shaykh's Emir Abu Bakr al-Yaghmuri, the rebuilding of the Ibn Uthman Mosque begins in Gaza City. The Mosque will be completed in 1431 but will be destroyed almost 600 years later in 2024 by an airstrike from the State of Israel.source
  • 1424After the signing of a treaty between the different factions in the Hussite Wars, the Bohemian campaign is completed in the modern-day Czech Republic.source
  • 1431The army of Poland defeats the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Dąbki,source
  • 1438Afonso V becomes King of Portugal upon the death of his father King Duarte I.source
  • 1440Breton lord Gilles de Rais is arrested at his castle at Machecoul after an accusation of murdering children is brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes.source
  • 1440Christopher of Bavaria, King Christopher III of Denmark, is formally enthroned as King Kristofer I of Sweden, bringing an end to the regency of Karl Knutsson Bonde.source
  • 1441The coronation of King Christopher II of Denmark as King Cristoffer of Sweden takes place in Uppsala.source
  • 1470A rebellion orchestrated by King Edward IV of England's former ally, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, forces the King to flee England to seek support from his brother-in-law, Charles the Bold of Burgundy.source
  • 1494Henry Deane appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland under Edward Poyningssource
  • 1500Pedro Cabral's fleet of nine ships arrives in India, more than six months after departing from Portugal, and lands at the port of Calicut, which had been visited two years earlier by Vasco da Gama.source
  • 1504Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of Capilla Real, a Royal Chapel, to be built in Granada.source
  • 1505In what is now Algeria, the Spanish Army under the command of Ramón de Cardona, captures the city of Mers-el-Kébir, a port of the Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen, ruled by the Sultan Abu Abdallah V.source
  • 1505Francisco de Almeida arrives in the Anjediva Islands to begin construction on the first of four fortresses he needed to construct for his appointment as viceroy.source
  • 1511In Japan, Tokudaiji Saneatsu retires from his position as Chancellor of the Realm (Daijō-daijin) after two years of leading the Council of State.source
  • 1517Yunus Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman Governor of Egypt after leading the Egyptian conquest, is fired by the Ottoman Sultan Selim I and then executed by decapitation.source
  • 1524Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, Hernando de Luque and Diego de Almagro all set off on the first of three expeditions to conquer Peru, taking along 80 men and 40 horses, but the venture is halted in Colombia.source
  • 1533Antonio Sedeño, the Spanish Colonial Governor of Trinidad, comes under attack along with his troops by the Kalinago people, indigenous to the area. Though the Spanish lose many troops, Sedeño defeats the Kalinago and puts the island under Spanish rule.source
  • 1535Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, becomes the first person to pass through the new Porta Nuova in Palermo, celebrating the European conquest of the North African territory of Tunis.source
  • 1541After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine that comes to be known as Calvinism.source
  • 1548Archduke Maximilian of Austria, is married to his first cousin, Maria of Spain, at the arrangement of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Maria's father and Maximilian's uncle. Charles, who also serves as King of Spain, makes the arrangement in order to have the couple serve as his regents while he travels to Germany.source
  • 1554September 13 (Shawwal 15, 961 AH) – At the Battle of Tadla in Morocco, Mohammed ash-Sheikh, ruler of the Saadi dynasty enters the city of Fez and becomes the undisputed sultan. Ali Abu Hassun, last ruler of the Wattasid dynasty, flees.source
  • 1574The last Holy Roman Imperial defenders surrender Tunis to the Ottoman General Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha.source
  • 1588Dutch General Charles III de Croÿ captures the German city of Bonn in the Electorate of Cologne.source
  • 1598Philip III becomes the new King of Spain upon the death of his father Philip II.source
  • 1611Thanksgiving is celebrated in Sweden for the Capture of Novgorod.source
  • 1624Ketevan, former queen consort of Kakheti (located around Gremi in what is now the Republic of Georgia), is tortured and killed in the Persian city of Shiraz after refusing to renounce Christianity to convert to Islam.source
  • 1624the Style Baronetcy is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of Humphry Style.source
  • 1625A total of 16 rabbis (including Isaiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem.source
  • 1631Eighty Years' War – Battle of the Slaak: A Spanish fleet of 95 ships, carrying 5,500 soldiers tasked with taking over the Dutch Republic, is almost completely destroyed (with 83 ships sunk) the day after being intercepted by a Dutch fleet off of the coast of the Netherlands.source
  • 1645Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Philiphaugh – The Covenanters under Sir David Leslie defeat the Royalists under Montrose near Selkirk in the Scottish Borders, restoring the power of the Committee of Estates. After the battle, prisoners and 300 camp followers (many of them women and children) are slaughtered by Covenanters in cold blood.source
  • 1653A violent storm off the west coast of Scotland sinks the English Navy warship Swan, and the commandeered merchantmen Speedwell and Martha and Margaret, all of which have been anchored off of Mull. Most of the crews had gone ashore, but 23 of the men on the ship Speedwell are killed.source
  • 1654Ambrosius Capello consecrated as bishop of Antwerpsource
  • 1663After a siege of more than a month, the Hungarian fortress at Érsekújvár (now Nové Zámky in Slovakia) surrenders to the Ottoman Empire. In accordance with the treaty of surrender negotiated by the Hungarian commander, Count Ádám Forgách, the European residents are allowed free passage to Austria, and the Ottoman Grand Vizier, Fazil Ahmed Pasha provides a document certifying that the fort's defenders fought bravely.source
  • 1663The Gloucester County Conspiracy, the first slave rebellion in British North America, is foiled after one of the plotters, John Birkenhead, reveals the plan of African slaves and English indentured servants to kill their masters. Birkenhead is freed by his master as a reward for betraying the rebels.source
  • 1672John Bunyan released after a 12-year imprisonment for preaching without a licence.source
  • 1700September 13-14 – The Rising-sun hurricane of 1700 strikes the coast of South Carolina, killing 98.source
  • 1732The Treaty of the Three Black Eagles or the Treaty of Berlin, a secret treaty between the Austrian Empire, the Russian Empire and Prussia against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.source
  • 1743The Treaty of Worms is signed between Great Britain, Austria and Sardinia.source
  • 1743Treaty of Worms signed between Great Britain, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the Kingdom of Sardinia.source
  • 1745The first Atlas of Russia is published by the Russian Academy of Sciencessource
  • 1747The Netherlands city of Bergen op Zoom falls to the Army of France after a 70 day siege during the War of the Austrian Succession.source
  • 1751Kalvária Banská Štiavnica in the Kingdom of Hungary is completed.source
  • 1757Pomeranian War: A column of troops from Sweden begins the surprise invasion of Prussia, setting up a pontoon bridge across the Peene River that marks the boundary between Swedish Pomerania and northern Prussia. After crossing at Loitz in the early morning hours, the troops march 10 km and begin the occupation of the undefended Prussian town of Demmin. Hours later, another Swedish infantry regiment charges across the border into the Prussian town of Anklam, where the city gate had been left open.source
  • 1757Sweden joins the Seven Years' War through the Pomeranian War.source
  • 1759Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) – Battle of the Plains of Abraham: Quebec falls to British forces, following General James Wolfe's victory just outside the city. Both the French Commander (the Marquis de Montcalm) and the British General Wolfe are fatally wounded.source
  • 1759Battle of the Plains of Abraham: British forces led by James Wolfe defeat the French commanded by the Marquis de Montcalm (although both commanders are fatally wounded), leading to the capitulation of Quebec Citysource
  • 1759Battle of the Plains of Abraham (Seven Years' War): British forces, including the 78th Fraser Highlanders, defeat those of the French to take Quebec City.source
  • 1759Seven Years' War (French and Indian War): Quebec is recaptured by British forces following General Wolfe's victory in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham just outside the city. Both the French Commander (the Marquis de Montcalm) and the British General Wolfe are fatally wounded.source
  • 1766The position of Patriarch of the Serbs, established on April 9, 1346 as the authority over the Serbian Orthodox Church, is abolished by order of Sultan Mustafa III of the Ottoman Empire; the patriarchate is not re-established until 1920 following the creation of Yugoslavia at the end of World War One.source
  • 1785Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia after seven years as the U.S. Ambassador to France and prepares to take office as the new Governor of Pennsylvania.source
  • 1785The Bank of North America, central bank for the Confederation Congress government, loses its charter.source
  • 1786September 11–14 - The Annapolis Convention is held by delegates from six of the 13 states (Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and New York) resulting in the scheduling of the Philadelphia Convention to draft a national constitution.source
  • 1786September 11-14 – Annapolis Conventionsource
  • 1787Prussian troops invade the Dutch Republic; two days later the Rhinegrave Salm gives up Utrecht. Within a few weeks 40,000 Patriots (out of a population of 2,000,000) go into exile in Northern France.source
  • 1788The United States Congress of the Confederation passes an act providing a timeline for the voting for the first President under the new U.S. Constitution. William Waller Hening, ed., The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619 (George Cochran Publishing, 1823) p653source
  • 1791French Revolution: King Louis XVI accepts the final version of the completed constitution.source
  • 1807Beethoven's Mass in C major, Op. 86, is premiered, commissioned by Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, and displeasing him.source
  • 1808Finnish War – Battle of Jutas – Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.source
  • 1812Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition: The Expedition, having since grown to 300 men, captures the town of Santísima Trinidad de Salcedo.source
  • 1821King George IV of the United Kingdom visits Brecon on his return from Ireland.source
  • 1822September 8–13 – Battle of Nauplia: In a series of naval engagements, the Ottoman Fleet fails to break through the Greek Fleet, under Admiral Andreas Vokos Miaoulis.source
  • 1824With his crew and 29 convicts aboard the Amity, John Oxley arrives at and founds the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement at what becomes Brisbane, Queensland, in Australia, after leaving Sydney.source
  • 1826William Morgan (anti-Mason) of Batavia, New York, disappears mysteriously after being released from the jail in Canandaigua and agreeing to accompany his benefactor, a Mr. Loton Lawson.He is never seen in public again, and a number of witnesses will indicate later that on September 20, a man resembling Morgan was tied up and thrown into the Niagara River following a meeting of the Masonic Society.source
  • 1828Robbers break into the vault of the Bank of Australasia in Sydney - first bank robbery in Australia.source
  • 1831HDMS Hvalfisken arrives back in Copenhagen, marking the end of the 1929–1831 Danish East Greenland Expedition.source
  • 1834The Gleaner newspaper is first published in Jamaica.source
  • 1835John Bede Polding, the first Catholic bishop in Australia, arrives in Sydney.source
  • 1848Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives a 3-foot-plus iron rod being driven through his head.source
  • 1848Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage incredibly survives a 3-foot-plus iron rod being driven through his head.source
  • 1850Piz Bernina, the highest summit of the eastern Alps, is first ascended.source
  • 1861The Church Association for the Inner Mission in Denmark is founded.source
  • 1869September 12–13 – P&O's SS Carnatic runs aground and sinks in the Red Sea; 31 drown.source
  • 1882Anglo-Egyptian War: British troops occupy Cairo, and Egypt becomes a British protectorate.source
  • 1882Selwyn College, Cambridge, is founded after Queen Victoria grants a Charter of Incorporation.source
  • 1892The Watkin Path up Snowdon is officially opened by William Ewart Gladstone.source
  • 1899Halford Mackinder, Cesar Ollier and Josef Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian, the highest peak of Mount Kenya.source
  • 1900Philippine–American War: Battle of Pulang Lupa – Filipino resistance fighters defeat a detachment of American soldiers.source
  • 1902Harry Jackson becomes the first British person to be convicted on the basis of fingerprint evidence.source
  • 1902The Ranfurly Shield is first awarded to Auckland in recognition of their unbeaten record for the season.source
  • 1905September 11 – 19 die and 48 are seriously injured when the Ninth Avenue Elevated train derails in Manhattan.source
  • 1916Mary, a circus elephant, is hanged in the town of Erwin, Tennessee for killing her handler, Walter "Red" Eldridge.source
  • 1917Romania establishes diplomatic relations with Japan. King Ferdinand names Nicolae Xenopol as plenipotentiary minister to Tokyo.source
  • 1919September 10–15 – The Florida Keys hurricane kills 600 in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and Texas.source
  • 1919September 10 – September 15: The Florida Keys Hurricane kills 600 in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and Texas.source
  • 1921White Castle hamburger restaurant opens in Wichita, Kansas, foundation of the world's first fast food chain.source
  • 1922The Gdynia Seaport Construction Act is passed by the Polish Parliament.source
  • 1922September 13–15 – The Great Fire of Smyrna destroys most of İzmir. Responsibility is disputed.source
  • 1923Military coup in Spain: Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship. Trade unions are prohibited for 10 years.source
  • 1935American aviator Howard Hughes, flying the Hughes H-1 Racer, sets an airspeed record of 352 mph (566 km/h).source
  • 1936In response to a polio outbreak, Chicago Public Schools launches a distance education program which constitutes the first large-scale use of radio broadcasts to facilitate distance education.source
  • 1936A major rockfall hit the lake Loenvatnet in Sogn og Fjordane, creating a 70 m flood wave that destroyed several farms, killing 74 people. The second such incident in 31 years, the disaster caused the permanent depopulation of the area.source
  • 1938The followers of Konrad Henlein begin an armed revolt against the Czechoslovak government in Sudetenland. Martial law is declared and after much bloodshed on both sides order is temporarily restored. Neville Chamberlain personally sends a telegram to Hitler, urgently requesting that they both meet.source
  • 1947Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru suggests the exchange of four million Hindus and Muslims between India and Pakistan.source
  • 1947Prime Minister Nehru suggests the transfer of 10 million Hindus and Muslims between India and Pakistan.source
  • 1948Margaret Chase Smith of Maine is elected United States Senator, becoming the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.source
  • 1948September 13–18 – Indian annexation of Hyderabad ("Operation Polo"): The princely state of Hyderabad is invaded by the Indian Armed Forces in a "police action", in the aftermath of Pakistani leader Jinnah's death. The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his state, which is amalgamated into the newly independent Dominion of India; thousands are killed as a result of this event.source
  • 1949The Soviet Union vetoes United Nations membership for Ceylon, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Jordan and Portugal.source
  • 1951President Quirino signs Proclamation No. 274, establishing the National Fund and Educational Drive of the Philippine Tuberculosis Societysource
  • 1955September 10–20: Hurricane Hilda (1955).source
  • 1956The hard disk drive is invented by an IBM team, led by Reynold B. Johnson.source
  • 1956The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.source
  • 1961Exhibition of Leningrad artistssource
  • 1966Cultural Revolution in China: Clashes between the Chinese Communist Party and the Red Guards are reported by TASS in the Soviet Union.source
  • 1966President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco signs the law establishing the Severance Indemnity Fund, in order to protect dismissed workers, without just cause.source
  • 1967An agreement about transporting a group of Turks living in the island Adakale in Romania.source
  • 1968Albania officially withdraws from the Warsaw Pact upon the Soviet Union-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, having already ceased to participate actively in Pact activity since 1962.source
  • 1969Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! premieres on CBS, starting the Scooby-Doo franchise.source
  • 1971September 9–13 – Attica Prison riot: A revolt breaks out at the maximum-security prison in Attica, New York. In the end, state police and the United States National Guard storm the facility; 42 are killed, 10 of them hostages.source
  • 1971September 5–18: Hurricane Edith.source
  • 1974Japanese Red Army members seize the French Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands.source
  • 1974The Cafetería Rolando bombing takes place, killing 13 people.source
  • 1982Don Muang security guards discover a time bomb within the departure lounge. The bomb failed to explode.source
  • 1985Super Mario Bros by Nintendo, the start of the Mario series, officially comes out.source
  • 1986The 6.0 Mw Kalamata earthquake shook southern Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The shock left at least 20 dead, 300 injured, and caused $5 million in damage.source
  • 1986The 6.0 Mw Kalamata earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The shock left 20 dead and caused $5 million in damage.source
  • 1987Goiânia accident: Metal scrappers open an old radiation source abandoned in a hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, causing the worst radiation accident ever in an urban area.source
  • 1987September 7–21 – The world's first conference on artificial life is held at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States.source
  • 1988September 8–19: Hurricane Gilbertsource
  • 1993Oslo I Accord: Following initially secret talks from earlier in the year, PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands in Washington, D.C. after signing a peace accord.source
  • 1993The First Intifada ends with the signing of the Oslo I Accord.source
  • 1994President Bill Clinton signs the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which bans the manufacture of new firearms with certain features for a period of 10 years.source
  • 1995September 4–15 – The Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.source
  • 1996Alija Izetbegović is elected President of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the country's first election since the Bosnian War.source
  • 1997A German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M observation aircraft and a United States Air Force C-141B Starlifter transport aircraft were destroyed in a mid-air collision off the coast of the country.source
  • 2000September 7–14 – Fuel protests in the United Kingdom, with refineries blockaded and supply to the country's network of petrol stations halted.source
  • 2000Steve Jobs introduces the Mac OS X Public Beta for US$29.95.source
  • 2002The most southern section of the A7 motorway, between the Grünewald and Waldhof, opens.source
  • 2003Miss Nepal beauty contest is held. The winner is Priti Sitoula of Kathmandu.source
  • 2007The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.source
  • 2008Hurricane Ike makes landfall as a category 2 hurricane in Texas, killing 113 and causing over $30 billion in damages.source
  • 2015A partial solar eclipse is visible in southern Africa, the southern Indian Ocean, and Antarctica. It is the 54th eclipse of Saros cycle 125.source
  • 2017The International Olympic Committee awards Paris and Los Angeles the right to host the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics, respectively.source
  • 2019Sudan and South Sudan agreed to reopen border crossings closed since South Sudanese independencesource
  • 2021Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of the main Malaysian opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan, sign a confidence and supply agreement ending the 18-month political crisis that has led to the fall of two successive governments in Malaysia.source
  • 2025September 13–21 – The 2025 World Athletics Championships are held in Tokyo, Japan.source

Births

  • 64Julia Flavia, daughter of Titus and lover of his brother Domitian (died AD 96)source
  • 601Ali, central figure in Shia Islam (died 661)source
  • 1087John II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (died 1143)source
  • 1409Joan of Valois, Duchess of Alençon, French duchess (died 1432)source
  • 1475September 13 or April 1476 – Cesare Borgia, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI (approximate date; d. 1507)source
  • 1520William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English statesman, chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth I (died 1598)source
  • 1601Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (died 1678)source
  • 1601Jan Brueghel the Younger, painter (died 1678)source
  • 1601Axel Urup, military officer and supreme court justice (died 1671)source
  • 1604Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (died 1661)source
  • 1659Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn, Scottish and Irish peer (k. in action 1691)source
  • 1676Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, duchess and regent of Lorraine (died 1744)source
  • 1676Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, duchess (died 1744)source
  • 1682Jacob Kærup, theologian (died 1751)source
  • 1682Thomas von Westen, priest and missionary (died 1727).source
  • 1694Yeongjo of Joseon, 21st King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history (died 1776)source
  • 1722John Home, Scottish minister, soldier, author (died 1808)source
  • 1755Oliver Evans, American inventor, engineer and businessman (died 1819)source
  • 1756Benedikte Naubert, German writer (died 1819)source
  • 1775Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the War of 1812 (died 1868)source
  • 1775Laura Secord, heroine of the War of 1812 (d.1868)source
  • 1819Clara Schumann, German composer, pianist (died 1896)source
  • 1851Walter Reed, American army physician, bacteriologist (died 1902)source
  • 1860John J. Pershing, American general (died 1948)source
  • 1874Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer (died 1951)source
  • 1876Sherwood Anderson, American writer (died 1941)source
  • 1887Rodriguez Garcia-Urizasource
  • 1902Richard Paul Lohse, painter (died 1988)source
  • 1916Roald Dahl, Welsh-born author (died 1990)source
  • 1944Peter Cetera, lead singer and guitarist of American rock group Chicagosource
  • 1957Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippinessource
  • 1961Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter and guitaristsource
  • 1962Michel Wolter, politiciansource
  • 1969Shane Warne, Australian cricketer (died 2022)source

Deaths

  • 16Marcus Scribonius Libo, Roman senator (forced to commit suicide)source
  • 81Titus, Roman emperor (born AD 39)source
  • 413Marcellinus of Carthage, martyr and saintsource
  • 864Pietro Tradonico dies after a 28-year reign. He is succeeded by Orso I Participazio, who becomes doge of Venice.source
  • 864Pietro Tradonico, doge of Venicesource
  • 908Cormac mac Cuilennáin, king of Munster (Ireland)source
  • 1119Gleb Vseslavich, Kievan princesource
  • 1152Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud, Seljuk sultansource
  • 1171Caliph Al-Adid dies of natural causes (or poisoning) after a 11-year reign. Saladin overthrows the Fatimid Caliphate, and takes over as governor (atabeg) of Egypt – ruling in the name of Emir Nur al-Din.source
  • 1171Al-Adid, last Fatimid caliph (born 1151)source
  • 1190Herman IV, German nobleman (born 1135)source
  • 1248Kunigunde, Bohemian queen consort (born 1202)source
  • 1313Notburga of Eben, Austrian peasant and saint (born 1265)source
  • 1409Isabella of Valois, French princess and queen of England (born 1387)source
  • 1409Isabella of Valois, widow of Richard II of England (born 1389)source
  • 1488Charles II, Duke of Bourbon (born 1434)source
  • 1506Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter and engraver (born 1432)source
  • 1517Yunus Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empiresource
  • 1530Queen Jeonghyeon, Korean royal consort (born 1462)source
  • 1557John Cheke, English classical scholar and statesman (born 1514)source
  • 1565September 11–20 – Cipriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (born 1515)source
  • 1565William Farel, French evangelist (born 1489)source
  • 1592Michel de Montaigne, French essayist (born 1533)source
  • 1592Michel de Montaigne, philosopher and essayist (born 1533)source
  • 1598Philip II of Spain (born 1527)source
  • 1612Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden (born 1550)source
  • 1612Karin Månsdotter, royal mistress and queen (born 1550)source
  • 1624Ketevan the Martyr, queen of Kakheti (born c. 1560)source
  • 1660Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, son of Charles I (born 1640)source
  • 1705Emeric Thököly, Hungarian nobleman (born 1657)source
  • 1705Albert Angell, civil servant, landowner and businessperson (born 1660).source
  • 1728William Gambold, grammarian, 56source
  • 1755Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye, explorer (born 1714)source
  • 1759James Wolfe, British general (born 1727)source
  • 1759James Wolfe, British Army officer (born 1727)source
  • 1803John Barry, officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, later in the United States Navy (born 1745)source
  • 1806Charles James Fox, English politician (born 1749)source
  • 1808Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (born 1718)source
  • 1810William Cushing, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1732)source
  • 1847Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal (born 1767)source
  • 1877Alexandre Herculano, novelist, historian (born 1810)source
  • 1881Ambrose Burnside, American Civil War general, inventor, politician from Rhode Island (born 1824)source
  • 1907Macario Sakay was executed in Manila.source
  • 1987Mervyn LeRoy, 86, American film director and actor (The Wizard of Oz), heart issues.source
  • 1996Tupac Shakur, 25, American rapper ("California Love", "Dear Mama") and actor (Poetic Justice), shot.source
  • 1998George Wallace, 79, American politician and populist, Parkinson's disease.source
  • 2008Konstantin Pavlov, screenwriter, author and poet (born 1933).source
  • 2012Peter Lougheed, 84, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (1971–1985); MLA for Calgary-West (1967–1986), natural causes.source