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September 15 in history

219 sourced entries recorded on September 15, from 585 CE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 868Ahmad ibn Tulun, a Turkish general, is sent to Egypt as governor, by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tazz. He becomes the founder of the Tulunid Dynasty (until 905), and Egypt becomes an autonomous state for the first time since the Ptolemaic Kingdom.source
  • 994Battle of the Orontes: Fatimid forces, under Turkish general Manjutakin (also the governor of Damascus), besiege Apamea (modern Syria). Emperor Basil II sends a Byzantine expeditionary army, led by Dux Michael Bourtzes, to relieve the city in alliance with the Hamdanid Dynasty. Manjutakin defeats the Hamdanids with his forces and attacks the Byzantine force in the rear. The Byzantine army panics and flees, losing some 5,000 men in the process.source
  • 1305King Edward I of England issues ordinances for the government of the Kingdom of Scotland. King Edward issues the first commission of Trailbaston – which empowers him to appoint judicial commissions to punish crimes (such as homicide, theft, arson, and rape) and certain trespasses. Edward adds also conspiracy to the list of presentments.source
  • 1324War of Metz: The armies of Bohemia, Luxembourg, Bar and Lorraine under the "Four Lords" begin their siege of the walled city of Metz, capital of the Messin Republic. The attackers use a new weapon, the cannon, to fire projectiles at high speed against the city walls in order to destroy the city. The group withdraws at the end of the month after plundering the surrounding area.source
  • 133215 September Edward III's expedition to Ireland abandonedsource
  • 1372Jayasthiti Malla becomes the new King of Nepal when he overthrows King Jayarjunadeva, who had ruled since 1360.source
  • 1417At Shamakhi (located in what is now the Republic of Azerbaijan), Khalilullah I becomes the new Shirvanshah, ruler of the Kingdom of Shirvan, following the death of his father, the Shirvanshah Ibrahim I.source
  • 1420In a crusade against the Hussites, Holy Roman Imperial forces begin the siege of Vyšehradsource
  • 1436Pope Eugene IV issues a supplement to his papal bull of 1435, Sicut dudum (which banned enslavement by Portugal of the people of the Canary Islands), by another bull, Romanus Pontifex, allowing Portugal to conquer any of the Islands that had not yet been converted to Christianity.source
  • 1441The Metropolitan Isidore of Kiev is allowed by Grand Prince Vasily II to escape from imprisonment in Moscow, along with two of his disciples, Gregory the Bulgarian and Afanasy. He flees to Tver and then to Novogrudok and eventually to Rome.source
  • 1442Lê Nhân Tông becomes the new Emperor of Vietnam upon the death of his father, Lê Thái Tông.source
  • 1447Roman II seizes the throne of Moldavia after killing his uncle, Stephen II, and makes plans to enlist his other uncle, Petru as co-ruler.source
  • 1448At the Battle of Caravaggio, the armies of the Ambrosian Republic of Milan, led by Francesco Sforza, defeat those of the Republic of Venice, commanded by Micheletto Attendolo.source
  • 1455Ludwig von Erlichshausen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, signs the Treaty of Mewe, selling the Order's territory of the Neumark back to the Electorate of Brandenburg after having owned it for 34 years. Grand Master Ludwig had earlier "pawned" the territory to Brandenburg on February 22, 1454, in return for a loan approved by the Elector Frederick II.source
  • 1456The Burgundian state, led by Prince Philip the Good, captures the rebel city of Deventer in the Netherlands after a 32-day siege that had been defended by Gijsbrecht van Brederode, Bishop of Utrecht.source
  • 1462The Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II conquers the Greek island of Lesbos after a 14-day attack by sea and by land with over 20,000 troops, capturing the last fortress in the siege of Mytilene.source
  • 1463Battle of Vistula Lagoon: The navy of the Prussian Confederation defeats that of the Teutonic Order.source
  • 1464At the Battle of Ohrid in what is now North Macedonia, ends with the Albanian leader Skanderbeg and a supplementary force from the Venetian Republic, luring an estimated 10,000 Ottoman Empire soldiers out of the walled city of Ohrid, then captures the group as prisoners and seizes the city.source
  • 1485Less than four weeks after the Battle of Bosworth and the defeat of Richard III, King Henry VII summons the English Parliament, directing the members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons to assemble at Westminster for the November 7 opening of the English Parliament.source
  • 1491King Charles VIII of France and the Duchess Anne of Brittany conclude a treaty at Rennes, leading to the breaking of Anne's engagement to Archduke Maximilian of Austria, and an agreement for the marriage of Anne to Charles. François Guizot (translated by Robert Black), The History of France from the Earliest Times to the Year 1789,source
  • 1495King Henry VII of England summons the English Parliament for the first time in more than three years, directing the members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords to assemble at Westminster on October 14.source
  • 1500Christopher Columbus (Cristobal Colon) is placed under arrest, along with his two brothers, Bartolome and Diego, after appearing before Francisco de Bobadilla, who had replaced him as the Spanish Governor of the New World. ("El 15 de septiemre Bobadilla presenta sus credenciales a Colon... Colon habia ejectuado a varios espanoles cargo de gran peso contra el, asi que al fin Bobadilla resolvio enviarlos presos a Espana para que alla se les juzgase."— "On the 15th of September of 1500, Bobadilla presented his credential to Columbus. Columbus had executed several Spaniards charged with great weight against him, so Bobadilla finally decided to send them prisoners to Spain so that they could be tried there.")source
  • 1507King James IV grants a patent for the first printing press in Scotland, to Walter Chapman and Andrew Myllar "to furnis and bring hame ane prent, with all stuff belangand tharto, and expert men to use the samyne, for imprenting within our Realme of the bukis of our Lawis, actis of parliament, croniclis, mess bukis, and portuus efter the use of our Realme, with addicions and legendis of Scottis sanctis, now gaderit to be ekit tharto, and al utheris bukis that salbe sene necessar, and to sel the sammyn for competent pricis."source
  • 1507Walter Chepman and Andrew Myllar are licensed to establish a printing press and granted a monopoly in printed books within Scotland.source
  • 1514Thomas Wolsey is appointed Archbishop of York in England.source
  • 1521Teodosie becomes the new Voivode of Wallachia, at the capital, Targoviste, now in Romania.source
  • 1521Gazi Husrev Bey replaces Bali-beg Jahjapašić as the Ottoman Governor of Bosnia.source
  • 1530The miraculous portrait of Saint Dominic in Soriano appears in Soriano Calabro, Calabria.source
  • 1531The first Parliament of Ireland in more than nine years is opened at Kilkea Castle, near Castledermot, County Kildare, and continues until its adjournment on October 31.source
  • 1541Peace treaty between Sweden and Denmark for a period of 50 years.source
  • 1585English Catholic priest John Adams is banished from England along with 72 other Catholic priests, and transported by ship to Boulogne in France.source
  • 1590After the eight day conclave, Giovanni Battista Castagna, the Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello al Corso receives the necessary two-thirds majority despite support for Cardinal Marco Antonio Colonna. Castagna becomes Pope Urban VII but contracts malaria and dies 12 days later.source
  • 1590The estimated 6.0 magnitude Neulengbach earthquake causes significant damage and some loss of life, in Lower Austria and Vienna; the effects are felt as far as Bohemia and Silesia.source
  • 1616The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.source
  • 1625After several skirmishes in the preceding days, troops under the Marquis of Toiras successfully recapture the island of Ré, forcing the Duke of Soubise to flee to England, and ending the second Huguenot rebellion.source
  • 1639Battle of the Downs between the Dutch and Spanish in English waters.source
  • 1639Imprisoned Polish prince John Casimir Vasa is transferred from Sisteron to the dungeon of the Château de Vincennes.source
  • 1644Pope Innocent X succeeds Pope Urban VIII, becoming the 236th pope.source
  • 164815 September–27 November – Second English Civil War: Parliamentary Commissioners and the King negotiate the Treaty of Newport at Newport, Isle of Wight.source
  • 1656Köprülü Mehmed Pasha becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.source
  • 1672In India, Admiral Mai Nayak Bhandari of the Maratha Empire captures the island of Khanderi.source
  • 1675The Bremen-Verden Campaign of the Northern Wars begins, with the invasion of Amt Wildeshausen by the Münster army, and their advance on Verden via the city of Bremen.source
  • 1675The Gyldenløve War starts.source
  • 1680A treaty is concluded between the Dutch Republic and the Ottoman Empire for Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV and his subjects to apply Dutch law to Dutch visitors to Ottoman territory.source
  • 1680A four month truce between England and Morocco expires and the Alcaid Omar, Viceroy of Morocco, begins a bombardment of the English fort at Tangier.source
  • 1716"Maria", an African slave of the Dutch West India Company on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, murders the plantation overseer, Christiaan Muller, then leads a rebellion, killing Muller's family and much of the white staff on the company's plantation. The uprising is suppressed after 10 days, and Maria is executed by burning at the stake on November 9.source
  • 1728Persian physician Mohammad Mehdi ibn Ali Naqi completes Zad al-musafirin, his treatise for travelers to Persia on preservation of their health. He notes the date as a postscript in his manual.source
  • 1762Empress Go-Sakuramachi succeeds to the throne of Japan upon the death of her brother, the Emperor Momozono. She reigns for eight years before abdicating on January 9, 1771. She was the last empress regnant of Japan up to this day.source
  • 1762French and Indian War: Battle of Signal Hill – British troops defeat the French in the last battle of the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War, fought in the Newfoundland Colony.source
  • 1762French and Indian War – Battle of Signal Hill – British troops defeat the French in the last battle of the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War, fought in the Newfoundland Colony.source
  • 1771September 15–17 – The Moscow plague riot results from an outbreak of bubonic plague, which kills 57,000.source
  • 1774Yemelyan Pugachev, leader of Pugachev's Rebellion against Russia by the Yaik Cossacks, is betrayed by his own men after returning to Yaitsk (now Oral, Kazakhstan).source
  • 1776American Revolutionary War: Landing at Kip's Bay – British troops land on Manhattan at Kips Bay.source
  • 1779September 14–15 – American Revolutionary War – Little Beard's Town, a loyalist stronghold, is burnt by the Sullivan Expedition.source
  • 1784the Italian Vincenzo Lunardi makes the first hydrogen balloon flight in Britain, from Moorfields in London to South Mimms.source
  • 1795French Revolutionary Wars – Invasion of the Cape Colony: British forces capture Cape Town in the Dutch Cape Colony, to use its strategic facilities against the French Navy.source
  • 1795a group of workers felling timber on the estate of Lord Carysfort in County Wicklow discover gold, leading to the Wicklow gold rush.source
  • 1796Macarthur complains to Colonial Secretary of Hunter's governing.source
  • 1796Siege of Mantua: Napoleon Bonaparte fights a pitched battle at La Favorita on the east side of the Mincio River. The Austrians withdraw into the fortress of Mantua, which is crowded with nearly 30,000 men. Within six weeks, 4,000 die from wounds or sickness.source
  • 1820Revolution breaks out in Lisbon against John VI of Portugal.source
  • 1821Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica gain independence from Spain by the Act of Independence of Central America. On October 29, the newly independent First Mexican Empire proposes that Guatemala should be annexed with it.source
  • 1830Porfirio Díaz, 29th President of Mexico (died 1915 in France)source
  • 1830The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world's first intercity passenger railway operated solely by steam locomotives, takes place in England, UK.source
  • 1830Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens, the world's first intercity passenger railway operated solely by steam locomotives. At the opening, Liverpool MP William Huskisson is accidentally killed by Stephenson's Rocket, thereby becoming the first railway casualty. The works include notable tunnels at Edge Hill, Liverpool.source
  • 183015 September HDMS Bellona is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.source
  • 1835Exposition des produits de l'industrie nationale opens in Brussels.source
  • 1843September 15 (Sept. 3, O.S.) – A Popular uprising in Athens, Greece, including citizens and military captains, demands from King Otto a liberal Constitution from the state, which has been governed since independence (1830) by various domestic and foreign business interests.source
  • 1847The first hospital in Wellington is opened in Thorndon.source
  • 1851Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia.source
  • 1851Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.source
  • 1856Severin Løvenskiold, nobleman and politician (born 1777)source
  • 1860Johannes Hermanus Grobler becomes acting President of the Executive Council of the South African Republic.source
  • 1864The explorer of Africa, John Hanning Speke, 37, accidentally shoots himself at Neston Park, his estate in Wiltshire.source
  • 1869Brooklyn Fire Department organized as a professional brigade.source
  • 1873The International Meteorological Organization (IMO) is established.source
  • 1883The Bombay Natural History Society is founded in India.source
  • 1883The University of Texas at Austin opens to students.source
  • 1883Bombay Natural History Society foundedsource
  • 1884The invention of local anesthesia by ophthalmologist Karl Koller is made public at a medical congress in Heidelberg, Germany.source
  • 1885A train wreck of the P. T. Barnum Circus kills giant elephant Jumbo, at St. Thomas, Ontario.source
  • 1891Garza Revolution: 60-80 followers of Catarino Garza crossed the Rio Grande from Texas into Mexico. Most are Mexican-Americans recruited locally.source
  • 1892Sergei Witte replaces Ivan Vyshnegradsky as Russian finance minister.source
  • 1892The railway line from Cape Town via Bloemfontein, with connections to Port Elizabeth and East London, is completed to Germiston.source
  • 1896Pope Leo XIII issues the papal bull Apostolicae curae, declaring all Anglican ordinations to be "absolutely null and utterly void".source
  • 1896The Crash at Crush train wreck stunt is held in Texas.source
  • 1899Preparing for an attack on Britain's Cape Colony from the neighboring Transvaal Republic, Robert Baden-Powell arrives at the border town of Mafeking and begins recruiting volunteers and stockpiling munitions to prepare for an attack and siege.source
  • 1902Dai-ichi Life was founded in Kyobashi region, Tokyo.source
  • 1903Grêmio FBPA is founded in Porto Alegre, Brazil.source
  • 1905September 11 – 19 die and 48 are seriously injured when the Ninth Avenue Elevated train derails in Manhattan.source
  • 1916September 15–22 – WWI: Battle of Flers–Courcelette, France – The battle is significant for the first use of the tank in warfare; also for the debut of the Canadian and New Zealand Divisions in the Battle of the Somme.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
  • 1923Germany's bank rate is raised to 90% due to hyperinflation. See 1920s German inflation.source
  • 1924November 3 — Second Zhili–Fengtian War: conflict in the Republic of China's Warlord Era between the Zhili and Fengtian cliques for control of Beijing.source
  • 1927Belgium loses its seat on the permanent council of the League of Nations.source
  • 1933Ștefan Tătărescu, leader of the National Socialist Party and brother of future Prime Minister Gheorghe Tătărescu, visits Adolf Hitler in Germany, supported by Romanian Minister Foreign Affairs, Nicolae Titulescu, as part of a wider objective to undermine the Little Entente.source
  • 19341934 Australian federal election: Joseph Lyons' UAP government is re-elected with a decreased majority, defeating the Labor Party, led by former Prime Minister James Scullin. Consequently, Lyons is forced to resume the Coalition with the Country Party, and include them in his government. Scullin steps down from the Labor leadership shortly after; he is replaced by future Prime Minister John Curtin.source
  • 1935The Nuremberg Laws go into effect in Germany, removing citizenship from Jews.source
  • 1935The Nuremberg Laws go into effect in Germany. Following an incident of vandalism on the SS Bremen in New York City, the Nazi Party flag emblazoned with the swastika is made the German National Flag on Hitler's orders.source
  • 1936The Empire Exhibition, South Africa opens in Johannesburg.source
  • 1939WWII: Diverse elements of the German Wehrmacht surround Warsaw, and demand its surrender. The Poles refuse, and the siege begins in earnest.source
  • 1945September 15–16 – 1945 Homestead hurricane: The ninth tropical storm of the season makes landfall in Florida, the first intense storm to do so in the state since 1935. It affects Key Largo and Dade County, killing 4 people in Florida and 22 others in the Bahamas and in the Turks and Caicos Islands.source
  • 1945September 15-16 - Hurricane Nine, or known as the 1945 Homestead Hurricane, made landfall and affected Florida, the first intense storm to do so in the state since 1935. The hurricane made landfall in Key Largo and Dade County, killing 4 people in Florida and 22 others in The Bahamas and in the islands of the Turks And Caicos.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
  • 1947September 15–16 – Typhoon Kathleen strikes the Bōsō Peninsula and the entire Kantō region in Japan. Heavy rains cause the Arakawa and Tone Rivers to overflow and embankment collapse. The resulting floods and debris flow kill between 1,077 and 1,920 people, injuring 1,547 and leaving 853 missing.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 first Romanian identity card (Carte de identitate) is issued, causing concern amongst minorities like the Székelys.source
  • 1950Korean War: Battle of Inchon – Allied troops commanded by Douglas MacArthur land in Inchon, occupied by North Korea, to begin a U.N. counteroffensive.source
  • 1952The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.source
  • 1955September 10–20: Hurricane Hilda (1955).source
  • 1955Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in Paris, by Olympia Press.source
  • 1957Hobart has its wettest day on record with 156.2 millimetres as a result of a slow-moving low pressure system redeveloping over the Tasman Seasource
  • 1959September 15–28 – USSR Premier Nikita Khrushchev and his wife tour the United States, at the invitation of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.source
  • 1961Verdicts (on the Democrat Party (DP) members) pronouncedsource
  • 1963American civil rights movement: The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, in Birmingham, Alabama, kills 4 and injures 22.source
  • 1963The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, kills four children and injures 22.source
  • 1965Harry Reedman arrives in Lisbon to set up the Rhodesian mission there.source
  • 1966The governor of Sarawak declared a state of emergency in Sarawak during the 1966 Sarawak constitutional crisis.source
  • 1970King Hussein of Jordan forms a military government with Muhammad Daoud as the prime minister.source
  • 1971September 5–18: Hurricane Edith.source
  • 1973The 50th anniversary of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) was celebrated.source
  • 1973Carl XVI Gustaf, becomes King of Sweden following the death of his grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf.source
  • 1975The French department of Corse, comprising the entire island of Corsica, is divided into two departments: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica).source
  • 1976Darryl Sittler scores the winning goal in the 1976 Canada Cup for Canada to win over Czechoslovakia in overtime, to win the first Canada Cup in ice hockey.source
  • 1977Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic, as an Italian company in Turin, Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecomunicazioni (CSELT) begins operation of two telephone exchanges.source
  • 1979September 14–21: Hurricane Henri (1979)source
  • 1981Christian Calmes is appointed Grand Marshal of Luxembourg.source
  • 1981The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world, at 150 years old, when it operates under its own power outside Washington, D.C.source
  • 1981Our Lady of Akita in Japan cries for the last time, on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows.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
  • 1988The International Olympic Committee awards Lillehammer the right to host the 1994 Winter Olympics.source
  • 1991In the Swedish general election, the Social Democrats suffer their worst election results in 60 years, leading to the resignation of Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson.source
  • 1993The visit of Hungarian foreign minister Géza Jeszenszky in Romania starts.source
  • 1993September 15–21 – Hurricane Gert crosses from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through Central America and Mexico.source
  • 1994The Manila RTC, through a temporary restraining order, stops an order from Malacañang disallowing jai alai.source
  • 1995September 4–15 – The Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.source
  • 1997The Norwegian parliamentary election is held in Norway.source
  • 1997Singapore Airlines launches KrisWorld, the world's first airline to have an inflight system.source
  • 2000October 1 – The 2000 Summer Olympics, held in Sydney, Australia, is the first Olympic Games of the 2000s.source
  • 2000October 1: 25 athletes from Armenia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.source
  • 20001 October: 2000 Summer Olympics - Libya competes at the Sydney Olympics with three athletes in judo, taekwondo, and marathon, winning no medals.source
  • 2001Meir Weisshaus, 23, of Jerusalem, was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting on the Ramot-French Hill road.source
  • 2002September 14–27 – Hurricane Isidore crosses Cuba, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Louisiana.source
  • 2007Widescale flooding occurs in Kpendjal Prefecturesource
  • 20082008 financial crisis: Stocks fall sharply Monday on a triptych of Wall Street woe: Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy filing, Merrill Lynch's acquisition by Bank of America, and AIG's unprecedented request for short-term financing from the Federal Reserve.source
  • 2010The United Nations Security Council extends the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia by one year.source
  • 2014Syrian civil war: ISIS militants launched an offensive to capture the town of Kobanî, which lasted for six months.source
  • 2017Cassini–Huygens ends its 13-year mission by plunging into Saturn, becoming the first spacecraft to enter the planet's atmosphere.source
  • 2018September 14–16 – Typhoon Mangkhut impacts the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, resulting in more than 60 fatalities.source
  • 2020Barbados Governor General Sandra Mason, delivering a speech on behalf of Prime Minister Mia Mottley, announced Barbados' intention of removing Queen Elizabeth II as the country's head of state and to become a republic in November 2021.source
  • 2021AUKUS: A trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States is formed, to counter the influence of China. This includes enabling Australia to build its first nuclear-powered submarine fleet.source
  • 2021Several ministers of the Argentine president Alberto Fernández's cabinet resign after the government's defeat in the primary elections, triggering a political crisis in the country.source
  • 2022September 14–September 25 – The Atlantic hurricane Fiona hits Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Lucayan Archipelago, Bermuda, and Eastern Canada.source
  • 2024Ryan Wesley Routh is accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump in Florida. Routh is later captured and arrested, and a trial date has been set for 2025.source
  • 2024Day after The Prophet's Birthdaysource
  • 2025September 13–21 – The 2025 World Athletics Championships are held in Tokyo, Japan.source

Births

  • 767Saichō, Japanese Buddhist monk (died 822)source
  • 1254Marco Polo, Venetian explorer (died 1324)source
  • 1326Yolande of Dampierre, French noblewoman (died 1395)source
  • 1461Jacopo Salviati, Italian politician and son-in-law of Lorenzo de' Medici (died 1533)source
  • 1505Mary of Hungary, Dutch ruler (died 1558)source
  • 1533Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland (died 1572)source
  • 1592Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, archbishop of Fermo (died 1653)source
  • 1613François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (died 1680)source
  • 1649Titus Oates, English clergyman and plotter (died 1705)source
  • 1695Michel Lullin de Chateauvieux, Genevan agronomist (died 1781)source
  • 1729Mikiel'Ang Grima, Maltese surgeon (died 1798)source
  • 1736Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer (died 1793)source
  • 1744Erik Must Angell, jurist and politician (died 1814)source
  • 1789James Fenimore Cooper, American writer (died 1851)source
  • 1789James Fenimore Cooper, novelist (died 1851)source
  • 1830Porfirio Díaz, 29th President of Mexico (died 1915)source
  • 1857William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States and 10th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1930)source
  • 1879Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia, Premier of Tasmania (died 1939)source
  • 1890Agatha Christie, English writer (died 1976)source
  • 1890Frank Martin, composer (died 1974 in the Netherlands)source
  • 1904Umberto II of Italy, 4th and last King of Italy (died 1983)source
  • 1909Jean Batten, New Zealand aviator (died 1982)source
  • 1911José Muguerza, footballer (died 1980)source
  • 1944Yoweri Museveni, Ugandan politician, 9th President of Ugandasource
  • 1951Pete Carroll, American football coachsource
  • 1964Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakiasource
  • 1977Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, authorsource

Deaths

  • 585Emperor Bidatsu, age 47, dies of smallpox after a 13-year reign, and is succeeded by his brother Yōmei as the 31st emperor of Japan.source
  • 668Constans II, Byzantine emperor (born 630)source
  • 921Ludmila, Bohemian duchess and widow of Bořivoj I, is murdered by her daughter-in-law Drahomíra at Tetín (modern Czech Republic). Ludmila will be canonised and become the patron saint of Bohemia and is venerated in the Orthodox and the Catholic Churches.source
  • 921Ludmila, Bohemian duchesssource
  • 1054García Sánchez III, king of Pamplona (born c.1012)source
  • 1140Adelaide, duchess consort of Bohemiasource
  • 1146Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond ("the Black"), Breton noblesource
  • 1182Robert III, Italo-Norman noblemansource
  • 1231Louis I, German nobleman (born 1173)source
  • 1273Henry of Sandwich, English bishop (born 1204)source
  • 1326Dmitry of Tver, Russian nobleman and Grand Prince (born 1299)source
  • 1326Dmitry, Grand Prince of Tver, is executed for the murder of Grand Duke Yuri of Moscow at Sarai on orders of Özbeg Khan, ruler of the Golden Horde that controls much of modern-day Asian Russia.source
  • 1352Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (born 1273)source
  • 1396Queen Sindeok, politically active Korean queen (born 1356)source
  • 1397Adam Easton, English cardinalsource
  • 1408Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent (born 1384)source
  • 1485Peter Arbues is assaulted while praying in the cathedral at Zaragoza in the Kingdom of Aragon, now part of Spain; he dies on September 17. He had been appointed Inquisitor of Aragon by the Inquisitor General, Tomás de Torquemada, in the campaign against heresy and Spanish Judaism.source
  • 1496Hugh Clopton, Lord Mayor of London (born c. 1440)source
  • 1500John Morton, English Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1420)source
  • 1510Saint Catherine of Genoa (born 1447)source
  • 1559Isabella Jagiellon, queen consort of Hungary (died 1519)source
  • 1565September 11–20 – Cipriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (born 1515)source
  • 1595John MacMorran, Baillie of Edinburgh, killed by rioting schoolchildrensource
  • 1596Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (born 1535)source
  • 1643Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (born 1566)source
  • 1688Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck, military officer (born 1639)source
  • 1701Edmé Boursault, French writer (born 1638)source
  • 1712Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician (born c.1645)source
  • 1758Adina Beg Khan, Nawab of Punjab (born 1710)source
  • 1842Francisco Morazán, Honduran-born politician, President of Federal Republic of Central America (born 1792)source
  • 1853Théophile Voirol, general in the French Republican Army (born 1781)source
  • 1859Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (born 1806)source
  • 1885Jumbo, African elephant, star attraction in P. T. Barnum's circus (train accident) (born 1861)source
  • 1931Seniha Sultan (born in 1852), Ottoman princesssource