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September 14 in history

261 sourced entries recorded on September 14, from 23 CE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 81Domitian succeeds his brother Titus as emperor. Domitian is not a soldier like his two predecessors, and his administration is directed towards the reinforcement of a monarchy. By taking the title of Dominus ("lord"), he scandalizes the senatorial aristocracy. Romanisation progresses in the provinces, and life in the cities is greatly improved. Many provincials – Spanish, Gallic, and African – become Senators.source
  • 326September 14 (traditional date) – Helena, mother of Constantine I, discovers the so-called True Cross and the Holy Sepulchre (Jesus's tomb) in Jerusalem. On her pilgrimage, which begins about this year, she pauses on the Aegean island of Patmos, where she is said to found the church of Panagia Ekatontapiliani.source
  • 335Emperor Constantine I consecrates the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.source
  • 629Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph. In a ceremonial parade, accompanied by the True Cross, he is welcomed by the citizens and his son Heraclius Constantine.source
  • 786Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad, upon the death of his brother Al-Hadi. He appoints Salim Yunisi as governor of Sindh and the Indus Valley.source
  • 791Alfonso II, the son of former king Fruela I, becomes ruler of Asturias (Northern Spain). He moves the capital to Oviedo, the commercial centre of the region.source
  • 1023Rudolph III, King of Burgundy and his wife, Queen Ermengard, grant the county of Viennois to the Archbishop of Vienne.source
  • 1115Battle of Sarmin: The Crusaders, under Prince Roger of Salerno, surprise and rout the Seljuk Turkish army (some 8,000 men), led by Emir Bursuq ibn Bursuq, at Sarmin (modern Syria). Bursuq barely avoids capture, and escapes with a few hundred horsemen. Roger reoccupies the fortress of Kafartab, and consolidates his territory around Antioch.source
  • 1131Melisende succeeds her father Baldwin II to the throne, and reigns jointly with Fulk, as King and Queen of Jerusalem. Their coronation, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, is celebrated with festivities.source
  • 1141The Anarchy in the Kingdom of England – Rout of Winchester: Empress Matilda returns to the throne, after Robert is captured by loyalist forces.source
  • 1180Battle of Ishibashiyama: A Taira force of approximately 3,000 men, led by Ōba Kagechika, defeats Minamoto no Yoritomo near Mount Fuji (in present-day Odawara). Yoritomo narrowly escapes by sea and flees to Awa Province.source
  • 1182Legend of Nazaré: Dom Fuas Roupinho, alcalde of Porto de Mós, is inspired by a Marian miracle to erect the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Nazaré overlooking Nazaré, Portugal. Later this year while trying to enter the harbor of Ceuta by surprise to sink Muslim ships he is spotted and killed.source
  • 1210The 18-year-old Maria of Montferrat marries the French nobleman John of Brienne, who brings a dowry of 40,000 silver pounds (from King Philip II and Pope Innocent III). On October 3, the couple is crowned as King and Queen of Jerusalem in the Crusader Cathedral of Tyre (modern Lebanon).source
  • 1224Francis of Assisi, while praying on the mountain of La Verna during a 40-day fast, has a vision, as a result of which he receives the stigmata. Brother Leo, who is with Francis at the time, leaves a clear and simple account of this event, the first definite account of the phenomenon of stigmata.source
  • 1262Reconquista: Castilian-Leonese forces led by Alfonso X conquer Cádiz. The city has been under Moorish rule since 711. The Muslims are ousted, and Alfonso repopulates the region (also called the Repoblación).source
  • 1264Walter de Merton formally completes the foundation of the House of Scholars of Merton (later Merton College, Oxford), to provide education in Malden and the University of Oxford.source
  • 1368General Xu Da captures the Yuan city of Khanbaliq and renames it Beiping ("northern peace"), a forerunner to the current name of Beijing ("northern capital").source
  • 1379Andrea Contarini, Doge of Venice, announces to the besieged Venetians that the Republic will fight Genoa rather than surrender their nation.source
  • 1402Battle of Homildon Hill: Northern English nobles, led by Sir Henry Percy (Hotspur), and using longbows, decisively defeat a Scottish raiding army and capture their leader, the Earl of Douglas.source
  • 1423The first occupation force from the Republic of Venice arrives at the Greek city of Thessalonia, recently purchased from the Ottoman Empire with six galleys entering the harbor.source
  • 1433Emperor Xuanzong of Ming dynasty China welcomes the envoys of 11 foreign nations that had sent representatives to travel back to China with Admiral Zheng He's fleet. Present at the Imperial Court as guests are envoys of the kings of Samudera, Kingdom of Kotte, Kingdom of Cochin, Calicut, Dhofar, Aden, Coimbatore, Hormuz, Jayile and Mecca.source
  • 1445Queen consort Dorothea is crowned as "Queen of the Union of the Three Kingdoms" (kronet som unionsdronning af de tre kongeriger) in a ceremony at Copenhagen two days after her marriage to King Christoffer, who levies a series of taxes to pay for the expense.source
  • 1452Serbian General Thomas Kantakouzenos leads troops in an invasion of the Principality of Zeta but is driven back by the Prince of Zeta, Stefan Crnojević.source
  • 1460The siege of Trebizond, the capital of the Empire of Trebizond, is started by the Ottoman Empire. Franz Babinger, "La date de la prise de Trébizonde par les Turcs (1461)", Revue des études byzantines, 7 (1949), pp.source
  • 1477King Ferrante of Napoli marries Princess Juana, daughter of the Spanish King John II of Aragon and Navarre after being brought to Naples by King Ferrante's son Prince Alfonso, Duke of Calabria.source
  • 1483Archduke Maximilian of Austria, father of the four-year old Philip the Handsome, Duke of the Burgundian Netherlands, declares the abolition of the Regency Council that had administered the land in Philip's name after the death of Mary of Burgundy on March 27, 1482; Maximilian becomes the sole regent.source
  • 1515The Battle of Marignano concludes after two days as the army of Francis I of France defeats the Swiss mercenaries, thanks to the timely arrival of a Venetian army. The French Army enters the Duchy of Milan on September 17 and reclaims it for King Francis.source
  • 1525In Switzerland, the burning of most of the book collection of the Stiftsbibliothek of the Grossmünster Abbey in Zurich begins, by order of Huldrych Zwingli, as part of the Swiss Reformation. After 20 days of destruction of a collection built since 1259 for over 250 years, only 470 volumes are left.source
  • 1544The siege of Boulogne ends as the city surrenders to King Henry VIII.source
  • 1586In one of the most spectacular feats of engineering up to that time, devised by Domenico Fontana, the 82 ft tall, 327-ton Vatican obelisk is erected at St. Peter's Square in Rome after being transported between April 30 and May 17 from its previous location on orders of Pope Sixtus V.source
  • 1591Siege of Hulst: Hulst is captured by Maurice of Orange, the staatholder of the Dutch Republic.source
  • 1607Flight of the Earls: Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell flee to Spain to avoid capture by the English crown.source
  • 1607Flight of the Earls: Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, flee Ireland for Spain with 90 followers, to avoid capture by the English crown, never to return.source
  • 1629Eighty Years' War: After a five-month-long siege, 's-Hertogenbosch surrenders to Frederick Henry. As a result of the capture of this key fortress, Spain's situation along the Spanish–Dutch border worsens greatly.source
  • 1629Anthonie Schetz surrenders 's-Hertogenbosch to the Dutchsource
  • 1641The Treaty of Péronne is signed between Honoré II, Prince of Monaco and France's King Louis XIII, guaranteeing the Grimaldi family the right to rule Monaco in return for the principality becoming a French protectorate.source
  • 1641The Treaty of Péronne is signed between Honoré II, Prince of Monaco and King Louis XIII of France, guaranteeing the Grimaldi family the right to rule Monaco in return for the principality becoming a French protectorate.source
  • 1658The First Battle of Frederikshald, Swedish forces are defeated by the Norwegian forces.source
  • 1660The 13-day long Battle of Lyubar begins at Liubar (now in Ukraine) during the Russo-Polish War between soldiers of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth against Russia and ends with a victory by Poland.source
  • 1682Bishop Gore School is founded in Swansea, Wales.source
  • 1685Morean War: The Republic of Venice defeats an Ottoman army at Kalamata.source
  • 1692Diego de Vargas leads Spanish colonists in retaking the city of Santa Fe, after a 12-year exile, following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.source
  • 1693King Louis XIV of France sends a letter to Pope Innocent XII announcing the rescission of the Declaration of the Clergy of France issued in 1682.source
  • 1699The Treaty of Dresden is concluded, preparing the Great Northern War.source
  • 1700September 13-14 – The Rising-sun hurricane of 1700 strikes the coast of South Carolina, killing 98.source
  • 1705October 19 - Siege of Barcelonasource
  • 1707Vincenzo Durazzo is elected to a 2-year term as the new Doge of the Republic of Genoa (including the island of Corsica), succeeding the outgoing Doge, Domenico Maria De Mari.source
  • 1711September 14 (approximate date) – Tuscarora natives capture John Lawson, Christoph von Graffenried and their expeditionary party, and bring them to Catechna.source
  • 1715Less than two weeks after King Louis XIV's death, Daniel Voysin de la Noiraye, France's Secretary of State for War since 1709, steps down at the request of the new regent, the Duke of Orleans.source
  • 1723Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.source
  • 1724Robert Clavering, a canon of Christ Church, Oxford, is nominated to succeed John Tyler as Bishop of Llandaff.source
  • 1726The Nanfan Treaty of July 19, 1701 between the Iroquois Confederacy and the British Province of New York, is amended by both parties.source
  • 1735The Kingdom of France approves the issue of "card money" in the total amount of 200,000 livres to serve as currency in its Louisiana territory in America.source
  • 1745Madame de Pompadour is officially presented at the court of Louis XV.source
  • 1745Madame de Pompadour is officially presented in the court of Louis XV.source
  • 1758Seven Years' War – French and Indian War: Battle of Fort Duquesne: A British attack on Fort Duquesne (modern-day Pittsburgh) is defeated.source
  • 1759Carrington Bowles publishes A Journey Through Europe, a board game designed by John Jefferys, the earliest board game whose designer's name is known.source
  • 1759"A Journey Through Europe; or, A Play of Geography", the earliest British board game sold.source
  • 1769Start of the Dano–Algerian War.source
  • 1769The outbreak of the Danish-Algerian War.source
  • 1779September 14–15 – American Revolutionary War – Little Beard's Town, a loyalist stronghold, is burnt by the Sullivan Expedition.source
  • 1782American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.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
  • 1786Connecticut cedes to the United States all of its claims to lands between the 41st and 42nd parallels north and west of the Connecticut Western Reserve.source
  • 1786September 11-14 – Annapolis Conventionsource
  • 1790Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Marie Sophie arrives at Copenhagen.source
  • 1791French Revolution: The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.source
  • 1792Radical antimonarchist Thomas Paine flees from England to France after being indicted for treason. He is tried in absentia during December and outlawed.source
  • 1801John Macarthur takes part in a duel with his commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel William Paterson. Paterson is severely wounded in the shoulder, and Macarthur is arrested the next day. Governor King offers to release him on Norfolk Island but Macarthur refuses and is sent to England to be court martialed.source
  • 1804lighthouse on Inchkeith, designed by Thomas Smith and Robert Stevenson, is first illuminated.source
  • 1810Battle of La Bisbal: A Spanish division led by Henry O'Donnell (also known as Enrique José O'Donnell) and supported by an Anglo-Spanish naval squadron led by Francis William Fane and Charles William Doyle surprises an Imperial French brigade commanded by François Xavier de Schwarz.source
  • 1812French invasion of Russia and Fire of Moscow: Napoleon's troops enter Moscow, which is deliberately set on fire by Muscovites, on orders of Fyodor Rostopchin. Later accounts report that France lost 40,000 troops during four days of fire between September 17 and 20, and that 20,000 Russian soldiers were killed in what would be described in 1876 as "the greatest example in history of national self-sacrifice for the destruction of an invader."source
  • 1812September 14 to 18 - Moscow is destroyed by a fire organized by Fyodor Rostopchin, the military governor at the time. This burns down most of the entire city, including Moscow University.source
  • 1823Samuel Marsden and Samuel Leigh resume their departure from New Zealand. Thomas Kendall changes his mind and stays.source
  • 1827The Count of Spain is appointed Captain General of Catalonia, replacing the Marquis of Campo Sagrado.source
  • 1829The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, ending the Russo-Turkish War.source
  • 18432/3 of the town of Egersund burns down.source
  • 1846Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.source
  • 1847Mexican–American War: U.S. general Winfield Scott enters Mexico City, marking the end of organized Mexican resistance.source
  • 1853The Ann is the first steamship to visit Lyttelton.source
  • 1867The first volume of Das Kapital (later translated into English as Capital) is published by Karl Marx.source
  • 1874Battle of Liberty Place: In New Orleans, former Confederate Army members of the White League temporarily drive Republican Governor William P. Kellogg from office, replacing him with former Democratic Governor John McEnery. U.S. Army troops restore Kellogg to office five days later.source
  • 1880Cologne Cathedral is completed, after construction began in 1248, 632 years earlier.source
  • 1891The first penalty kick is awarded in an Association football match: John Heath scores it for Wolverhampton Wanderers in England.source
  • 1898Nordal Church in Norddalsfjord is consecratedsource
  • 1899Henry H. Bliss becomes the first person to be killed by a motor vehicle in the United States. Upon disembarking from a streetcar in New York City, an electric-powered taxicab strikes and crushes him and he dies from his injuries the following morning.source
  • 1901Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president of the United States, upon President William McKinley's death.source
  • 1902September 14–30 – Prime Minister Zanardelli undertakes a journey through Basilicata – one of the poorest regions in Italy – to see for himself the problems in the Mezzogiorno.source
  • 1905September 11 – 19 die and 48 are seriously injured when the Ninth Avenue Elevated train derails in Manhattan.source
  • 1907Jasper Forest Park– later named Jasper National Park– is established.source
  • 1911Prime Minister of Russia Pyotr Stolypin assassinated by Dmitry Bogrov in Kiev Opera House.source
  • 1914The British Royal Navy auxiliary cruiser HMS Carmania fought the German SMS Cap Trafalgar off Trindade in the Battle of Trindade. Carmania sank Cap Trafalgar, but sustained severe damage herself.source
  • 1914The Australian submarine HMAS AE1 lost with all 35 men while patrolling New Britain.source
  • 1917September 14 (September 1 Old Style) – Russia is declared a republic by the Provisional Government.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
  • 1922September 13–15 – The Great Fire of Smyrna destroys most of İzmir. Responsibility is disputed.source
  • 1926The Locarno Treaties of 1925 are ratified in Geneva, and come into effect.source
  • 19301930 German federal election: National Socialists win 107 seats in the German Parliament, the Reichstag (18.3% of all the votes), making them the second largest party.source
  • 1944The Great Atlantic hurricane makes landfall killing 390 people from North Carolina to New England.source
  • 1947September 14–16 – According to Japanese government official confirmed report, Typhoon Kathleen, an embankment collapse and flash flood occur around Saitama Prefecture, a debris flow and landslide occurred in Ashikaga, Ichinoseki and Mount Akagi area, resulting to toll death number was 1,930 persons, 1,547 persons were wounded.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 newspaper Scînteia accuses Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia of planning to invade Romania.source
  • 1949The Noronic, the largest Canadian passenger ship on the Great Lakes, is destroyed by a fire while docked in Toronto, killing 118source
  • 1954The Soviet Union carries out the Totskoye nuclear exercise.source
  • 1954The Totskoye nuclear exercise is held.source
  • 1954English composer Benjamin Britten's chamber opera version of The Turn of the Screw receives its world premiere, at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy.source
  • 1955Pope Pius XII elevates many of the apostolic vicariates in Africa to Metropolitan Archdioceses.source
  • 1955September 10–20: Hurricane Hilda (1955).source
  • 1958Two rockets designed by German engineer Ernst Mohr (the first German post-war rockets) reach the upper atmosphere.source
  • 1959Soviet spacecraft Luna 2 becomes the first human-made object to crash on the Moon.source
  • 1960Colonel Joseph Mobutu takes power in Republic of the Congo via a military coup.source
  • 1960The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.source
  • 1961The religious Focolare Movement opens its first North American center in New York (state).source
  • 1964Tromsø Airport is officially opened for trafficsource
  • 1964The third period of the Second Vatican Council opens.source
  • 1964The London Daily Herald ceases publication, replaced by The Sun.source
  • 1965The fourth and final period of the Second Vatican Council opens.source
  • 1971September 5–18: Hurricane Edith.source
  • 1975Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch is slashed a dozen times at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.source
  • 1978A Philippine Air Force plane, carrying members of President Ferdinand E. Marcos' security staff and journalists, crash in Manila while trying to land in a thunderstorm. At least 32 persons are killed.source
  • 1979September 14–21: Hurricane Henri (1979)source
  • 1984P. W. Botha is inaugurated as the first executive State President of South Africa.source
  • 1984Joe Kittinger begins his attempt to become the first person to fly a gas balloon solo across the Atlantic Ocean.source
  • 1987September 7–21 – The world's first conference on artificial life is held at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States.source
  • 1988Daiei purchases the Nankai Hawks baseball team: they become the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks.source
  • 1988September 8–19: Hurricane Gilbertsource
  • 1989Standard Gravure shooting: Joseph T. Wesbecker, a pressman on disability for mental illness, enters his former workplace in Louisville, Kentucky, kills eight people and injures twelve before committing suicide after a history of suicidal ideation.source
  • 1994The 1994 World Series in baseball is officially cancelled due to the ongoing work stoppage. It is the first time a World Series will not be played since 1904.source
  • 1995September 4–15 – The Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.source
  • 19961996 Bosnian general election took place.source
  • 1998Failed coup attempt in Albania following the death of Azem Hajdari, a key leader of the Democratic Party of Albaniasource
  • 1999Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.source
  • 1999Hurricane Floyd hits the Bahamassource
  • 2000September 7–14 – Fuel protests in the United Kingdom, with refineries blockaded and supply to the country's network of petrol stations halted.source
  • 2000Jakarta Stock Exchange bombingsource
  • 2000Microsoft releases Windows Me.source
  • 2000SES launches its Astra 2B satellite.source
  • 2002September 14–27 – Hurricane Isidore crosses Cuba, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Louisiana.source
  • 2003Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.source
  • 2003Sweden rejects joining the Eurozone in a referendum.source
  • 2007The SELENE spacecraft launches, with its objective being to study the Moon.source
  • 2010A second round of Middle East peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority concludes in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.source
  • 2012Protesters angered by an anti-Islamic film denigrating the Prophet Muhammad attack the German and British embassies in Khartoum. In Khartoum, Tunis and Cairo, at least seven people die. An Egyptian fruit seller dies by rubber bullets.source
  • 2013Rail services resume on the Northern Line between Omanthai and Kilinochchi after an interruption of 23 years due to the civil war.source
  • 2015Malcolm Turnbull defeats Tony Abbott in a Liberal Party leadership ballot. Turnbull becomes Prime Minister of Australia, being sworn in the following day.source
  • 2015First observation of gravitational waves: Gravitational waves are detected for the first time, by LIGO. This is not announced until February 11, 2016.source
  • 2018Hurricane Florence makes landfall in North Carolina as a category 1 hurricane, causing record-breaking flooding, which would result in 54 fatalities and $24.2 billion (2018 USD) in damages.source
  • 2018September 14–16 – Typhoon Mangkhut impacts the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, resulting in more than 60 fatalities.source
  • 2020The Royal Astronomical Society announces the detection of phosphine in Venus' atmosphere, which is known to be a strong predictor for the presence of microbial life.source
  • 2020The first discovery of the perfectly preserved remains of a cave bear, believed to be 22,000 to 39,500 years old (Late Pleistocene), is made in Lyakhovsky Islands, Siberia in the thawing permafrost.source
  • 2020Satellite imagery shows that a big chunk of ice shattered into many small pieces from the last remaining ice shelf in Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden, Greenland.source
  • 2020Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak is listed on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) online database of corruption offenders convicted locally. His name at the top of the first page of the MACC Corruption Offenders Database.source
  • 2021North Korea demonstrates two short-range ballistic missiles that land just outside Japan's territorial waters; and then only hours later South Korea demonstrates its first submarine-launched ballistic missile.source
  • 2021The inaugural season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, the third tier of European club football, kicks off with Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv winning 4–1 against Armenian club FC Alashkert.source
  • 2022A memorial church service takes place at the Saint Barnabas Anglican Cathedral on to celebrate the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II.source
  • 2022September 14–September 25 – The Atlantic hurricane Fiona hits Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Lucayan Archipelago, Bermuda, and Eastern Canada.source
  • 2023The European Central Bank (ECB) raises eurozone interest rates to an all-time high of 4%, amid ongoing inflationary pressures across the continent.source
  • 2025September 13–21 – The 2025 World Athletics Championships are held in Tokyo, Japan.source

Births

  • 938Sahib ibn Abbad, Buyid grand vizier (died 995)source
  • 953Guo Zongxun, Chinese emperor (died 973)source
  • 1032Dao Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1101)source
  • 1246John FitzAlan, English nobleman (died 1272)source
  • 1276Hugh de Courtenay, 1st/9th Earl of Devon, English nobleman (died 1340)source
  • 1388Claudius Clavus, Danish geographersource
  • 1401Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (died 1458)source
  • 1485Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburgian royal (died 1525)source
  • 1486Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German astrologer and alchemist (died 1535)source
  • 1502Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Duke of Zweibrücken from 1514 to 1532 (died 1532)source
  • 1543Claudio Acquaviva, Italian Jesuit (died 1615)source
  • 1547Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (died 1619)source
  • 1580Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (died 1645)source
  • 1580Robert Gordon of Straloch, cartographer, poet, musician, mathematician and antiquary (died 1661)source
  • 1618Peter Lely, Dutch painter (died 1680)source
  • 1637Renier Meganck, painter (died 1690)source
  • 1643Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith (died 1718)source
  • 1728Mercy Otis Warren, American playwright (died 1814)source
  • 1737Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (died 1806)source
  • 1742James Wilson, American politician, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (died 1798)source
  • 1760Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (died 1842)source
  • 1769Alexander von Humboldt, German explorer, scientist (died 1859)source
  • 1774Lord William Bentinck, First Governor General of India, British soldier and statesman (died 1839)source
  • 1804John Gould, English ornithologist (died 1881)source
  • 1849Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 1936)source
  • 1864Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English politician, diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died 1958)source
  • 1865Guilherme Ivens Ferraz, Navy officer (died 1956)source
  • 1879Margaret Sanger, American birth control advocate (died 1966)source
  • 1886Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (died 1948)source
  • 1933Lucy González, singer (died 1994)source
  • 1955Pope Leo XIV, head of the Catholic Churchsource
  • 1965Dmitry Medvedev, former President of Russiasource
  • 1969Bong Joon-ho, director and screenwritersource
  • 1978Ron DeSantis, American politician, 46th Governor of Floridasource
  • 1982Jan Valize, politiciansource
  • 1988Theodora Pallidou, rhythmic gymnastsource
  • 2002Boni Avibus, activist, actress, dramatist, orator, poets and theater performer.source

Deaths

  • 23Drusus Julius Caesar, son of Emperor Tiberius (born 14 BC)source
  • 258Cyprian, bishop of Carthagesource
  • 315Maternus of Cologne, bishop of Triersource
  • 585Bidatsu, emperor of Japan (born 538)source
  • 619Yang You, emperor of the Sui dynasty (born 605)source
  • 775Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (born 718)source
  • 775Emperor Constantine V dies while on a campaign in Bulgaria. In his 34-year reign he has suppressed monasticism and image worship, restored aqueducts, revived commerce, and repopulated Constantinople. He is succeeded by his 25-year-old son Leo IV ("the Khazar"), who continues Constantine's campaigns against the Bulgars and Muslim Arabs.source
  • 786Al-Hadi, Muslim caliph (born 764)source
  • 891Pope Stephen V dies after a 6-year reign. He is succeeded by Formosus, former cardinal bishop of Portus, as the 111th pope of the Catholic Church.source
  • 891Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Churchsource
  • 919Niall Glúndub, High King of Irelandsource
  • 919Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Dublin-based Vikings of Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech.source
  • 927Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal, Irish preacher and abbot, dies on his pilgrimage at Rome.source
  • 927Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal, Irish abbotsource
  • 949Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese statesman and regent (born 880)source
  • 949Fujiwara no Tadahira, a politician and chancellor (kampaku), dies at his native Kyoto. Having governed Japan as regent under Emperor Suzaku since 930. The Fujiwara clan will continue to hold the regency until 1180, controlling the imperial government.source
  • 1125Constance, princess of Antioch (born 1078)source
  • 1146Imad ad-Din Zengi, Seljuk ruler of Syriasource
  • 1164Emperor Sutoku of Japan dies in Sanuki Province (on the island of Shikoku), having lived in exile from the capital at Kyoto since 1156.source
  • 1164Sutoku, emperor of Japan (born 1119)source
  • 1170Heilika of Lengenfeld, German countesssource
  • 1193Minamoto no Noriyori, Japanese general (born 1150)source
  • 1214Albert of Vercelli, Latin patriarch of Jerusalemsource
  • 1321Italian author Dante Alighieri, known for The Inferno, dies of malaria at Ravenna after having undertaken a diplomatic mission in the Republic of Venice.source
  • 1321Dante Alighieri, Italian poet and writer (born 1265)source
  • 1401Dobrogost of Nowy Dwór, Polish bishop (born 1355)source
  • 1404Albert IV, Duke of Austria, dies at the age of 26 from an illness contracted while he was fighting against Bohemia and Moravia for control of the city of Znaim (modern Znojmo in the Czech Republic). He is succeeded as Duke by his 6-year old son, Albert.source
  • 1404Albert IV, Duke of Austria (born 1377)source
  • 1412Ingegerd Knutsdotter, Swedish abbess (born 1356)source
  • 1435John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, regent of England (born 1389)source
  • 1457Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach, countess consort of Hanau (born 1432)source
  • 1487Mara Branković, Serbian princess (born 1416)source
  • 1495Elizabeth Tudor, English princess, daughter of Henry VII of England (born 1492)source
  • 1498Giovanni il Popolano, Italian diplomat (born 1467)source
  • 1523Pope Adrian VI, the last Dutch person to serve as head of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at age 64 after a reign of 21 months. For the next 455 years, all Popes elected will be Italian-born until the election of Karol Wojtyla of Poland in 1978 as Pope John Paul II.source
  • 1523Pope Adrian VI (born 1459)source
  • 1538Henry III of Nassau-Breda, Baron of Breda (born 1483)source
  • 1565September 11–20 – Cipriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (born 1515)source
  • 1613Thomas Overbury, English poet and essayist (murdered) (born 1581)source
  • 1637Theodoor Rombouts, Flemish painter (born 1597)source
  • 1637Theodoor Rombouts (born 1597), paintersource
  • 1638John Harvard, American clergyman (born 1607)source
  • 1646Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (born 1591)source
  • 1646Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (born 1591)source
  • 1653Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Duke of Jülich and Berg (born 1578)source
  • 1701John Morgan, vicar of Aberconwy, writer, 38/39source
  • 1712Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French astronomer and engineer (born 1625)source
  • 1743Nicolas Lancret, French painter (born 1690)source
  • 1749Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier, politician (born 1675)source
  • 1749Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, soldier and politician (born 1675)source
  • 1759Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (born 1712)source
  • 1782Nicholas Cooke, first Governor of Rhode Island (born 1717)source
  • 1807George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (born 1724)source
  • 1836Aaron Burr, 3rd Vice President of the United States (born 1756)source
  • 1840Joseph Smith, Sr., American father of Joseph Smith, Jr. (born 1771)source
  • 1851James Fenimore Cooper, American writer (born 1789)source
  • 1852Augustus Pugin, English architect (born 1812)source
  • 1852Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British general and political figure, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1769)source
  • 1857John Williams Wilson (born 1798)source
  • 1901William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (assassinated) (born 1843)source
  • 1927Isadora Duncan, British-born American dancer (born 1877)source
  • 1961Ernst Gustav Kühnert, architect and art historiansource
  • 1982Princess Grace of Monaco dies after having suffered a car crash a few days previously.source
  • 1982Lebanese President-elect Bachir Gemayel is assassinated in Beirut.source
  • 1982Grace Kelly, 52, American actress, Princess consort of Monaco from 1956 until her death in 1982, President of the Red Cross of Monaco, taken off life support by decision of her husband, after she was declared brain dead. Kelly had suffered two cerebral hemorrhages since September 13source