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September 19 in history

211 sourced entries recorded on September 19, from 86 CE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 335Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar, with control of Thracia, Achaia, and Macedonia.source
  • 536Council of Jerusalem.source
  • 634Siege of Damascus: Muslim Arabs under Khalid conquer Damascus as the first major city of the Byzantine Empire. Damascan refugees are given a guarantee of safety to retreat to Antioch.source
  • 1119A severe earthquake hits Gloucestershire and Warwickshire.source
  • 1305At Tabriz (now in Iran) Öljaitü the Mongol Ikhanate, receives the Mongol ambassador from Yuan dynasty China.source
  • 1356Hundred Years' War – Battle of Poitiers: The English, commanded by Edward the Black Prince, defeat the French. The greatly outnumbered English forces not only rout the French, but capture the French king John II of France and his youngest son, the future Philip the Bold of Burgundy.source
  • 1370The Siege of Limoges takes place in the course of the Hundred Years' War as the English Army, led by Edward the Black Prince, retakes the of Limoges from the French by storm with wide destruction, effectively ending the Limoges enamel industry.source
  • 1383In Macedonia in Greece, the city of Serres is conquered and occupied by forces of the Ottoman Empire and renamed Siroz. Under the terms of surrender, the Greek population keeps control of the churches and most homes inside the walled city, while the Ottoman Turks settle outside the walls, which are eventually torn down.source
  • 1396John V marries Joan of France.source
  • 1410After nearly two months of no progress against the defending Teutonic Knights, and the dissatisfaction of the Lithuanians and Poles in continuing a long-term conflict, the siege of Marienburg is lifted.source
  • 1441The siege of Pontoise ends after four months, following a three-day final assault led by Marshal André de Laval-Montmorency and Jean de Bueil, Count of Sancerre of the French Army. More than 400 of the English defenders are killed, and hundreds of survivors taken prisoner, including their commander, Baron Clinton. Because Pontoise was not surrendered, the property of the survivors is seized by the French and Clinton and most of his officers are held hostage until a ransom is paid. The English soldiers are not ransomed and are drowned in public instead.source
  • 1450China's Emperor Yingzong returns to Beijing after having been held as a prisoner of war by the Mongols since September 1, 1449. Upon returning, he is held under house arrest in the Forbidden City along with his wife, the Empress Qian, on orders of his younger brother Emperor Daizong.source
  • 1468In the Kingdom of Castile in Spain, near El Tiemblo, the "Treaty of the Bulls of Guisando" (Tratado de los Toros de Guisando) is signed between King Enrique IV the Impotent and his half-sister, Princess Isabella. The treaty, executed at the ancient sculpture of bulls near Ávila, designates Isabella as heiress to the throne of Castile and León. She will become the Queen upon Enrique's death six years later.source
  • 1513Upon confirming that King James IV of Scotland has been killed in battle, the 35 Lords of Council of the Realm meet at Stirling Castle and agree to rule Scotland in the name of James's widow, Margaret Tudor, and his son, the infant James V.source
  • 1526Spanish Muslims who had hidden in the Sierra de Espadán mountain range in Valencia and who are led by Selim Almanzo are overwhelmed by a German contingent of 3,000 soldiers from the Holy Roman Empire. After their defeat, 5,000 adult Muslims (including old men and women) are massacred.source
  • 1528War of the League of Cognac: The Italian city of Pavia is besieged for the fifth and last time during the decade, after having been attacked in 1522, 1524, 1527, and in May of 1528. Troops from a coalition of the Venetian Republic, the Kingdom of France and the Duchy of Milan break through the city walls after six days of bombardment, kill 700 of the defenders, and recover the city for Francesco II Sforza, Duke of Milan.source
  • 1549The English Army abandons Haddington, East Lothian as it continues its retreat from Scottish and French forces.source
  • 1559Just weeks after arrival at Pensacola, the Spanish missionary colony is decimated by a hurricane that kills hundreds, sinks five ships, with a galleon, and grounds a caravel; the 1,000 survivors divide to relocate/resupply the settlement, but suffer famine & attacks, and abandon the effort in 1561.source
  • 1572The Siege of Mons, which started on June 23, ends with the recapture of Valenciennes by the Spanish Army from the Dutch Huguenots in what is now Belgium. Louis of Nassau, the Dutch rebel commander, surrenders to the Duke of Alba.source
  • 1601Fourth Spanish Armada makes landfall at Kinsale.source
  • 1601The Juan de Oñate expedition of Spanish explorers first encounters the indigenous Escanjaque Indians in what is now the U.S. state of Kansas. The Escanjaques ask the Spaniards to assist them in a war against a rival tribe, the Rayados. Instead, Oñate befriends the Rayados five days later.source
  • 1610Frederick V, age 14, becomes the new Prince-Elector of the Rhineland Palatinate, two days after the death of his father, Frederick IV.source
  • 1618The Siege of Pilsen begins as the first major battle of the Thirty Years' War, as Bohemian Protestants lay siege to the Bohemian Catholic city and lasts for more than two months.source
  • 1622Thirty Years' War: Heidelberg, the capital of the Electorate of the Palatinate, is taken by the Imperial army of Tilly' after a three-month siege.source
  • 1624Michael I, the Tsar of Russia, is married at Moscow, making Maria Dolgorukova the Tsaritsa. Maria becomes ill shortly afterward and dies five months after the marriage, on January 17.source
  • 1650Treaty of Hartford: the English Commonwealth's Connecticut Colony and the Dutch Republic's colony of New Netherland establish their frontiers in North America.source
  • 1650Treaty of Hartford: the English Connecticut Colony and the Dutch Republic's colony of New Netherland establish their frontiers in North America.source
  • 1656Anglo-Spanish War: Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish treasure fleet near Cádiz.source
  • 1657Brandenburg and Poland sign the Treaty of Wehlau.source
  • 1676The Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681) begins, with Russo-Ukrainian troops forcing pro-Ottoman Hetman Ivan Samoylovych to surrender Chyhyryn.source
  • 1676Bacon's Rebellion: Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon.source
  • 1681the Quaker William Bates and a small group of emigrants depart from Dublin aboard Ye Owners Adventure to settle in British America.source
  • 1692Giles Corey is pressed to death in an attempt to coerce a confession from him of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials.source
  • 1702Jupiter occults Neptune.source
  • 1713Frederik Krag is appointed Vice Steward of Norway.source
  • 1717Japanning of tinplate begins at Pontypool.source
  • 1719Frans Anneessens beheaded in Brussels.source
  • 1759The Dowlais Iron Company is formed.source
  • 1761Slavery in Portugal is abolished.source
  • 1777American Revolutionary War – First Battle of Saratoga (Battle of Freeman's Farm): Patriot forces withstand a British attack at Saratoga, New York.source
  • 1777General Burgoyne's Indian and French allies desert at the battle of Stillwater.source
  • 1778The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.source
  • 1784In France, the Robert brothers (Anne-Jean Robert and Nicolas-Louis Robert) and a Mr. Collin-Hullin (whose first name is lost to history) become the first people to fly more than 100 km or 100 miles in the air, lifting off from Paris and landing 6 hours and 40 minutes later near Bethune after a journey of 186 km.source
  • 1797John Shortland is the first European to enter the port of Newcastle. On the 9th he discovered the Hunter River estuary and coal.source
  • 1803Alexander leaves Port Jackson to return Teina to New Zealand. Teina has stayed with Governor King while in Sydney and has been given gifts to take back with him, including pigs.source
  • 1803Emmet, found guilty of high treason at the Sessions House, Dublin, delivers his Speech from the Dock, including the phrase "Let no man write my epitaph."source
  • 1812The Ann leaves Port Jackson and five months later returns Ruatara home.source
  • 1815foundation stones for Regent Bridge and Calton Jail in Edinburgh laid.source
  • 1833Military riot at Montreal.source
  • 1835William Lloyd Garrison publishes Angelina Grimké's anti-slavery letter in The Liberator.source
  • 1837First Carlist War: Battle of Aranzueque – The liberal forces loyal to Queen Isabel II of Spain are victorious, ending the Carlist campaign known as the Expedición Real.source
  • 1839Opening of the Albion Mines Railway in Nova Scotia, an early Canadian steam-driven mining railwaysource
  • 1841Founding of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium.source
  • 1846Our Lady of La Salette, a Marian apparition, is said to have been seen by two children at La Salette-Fallavaux in France.source
  • 1848Gunnar Knudsen, politician and twice Prime Minister of Norway (died 1928)source
  • 1852Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples.source
  • 1853English missionary Hudson Taylor first leaves for China.source
  • 1863Convention modifying the 1852 postal convention between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Brussels.source
  • 1863September 19–20 – Battle of Chickamauga – Confederate forces turn back a Union invasion of Georgia.source
  • 1865Union Business College (now Peirce College) is founded in Philadelphia.source
  • 1868September 19–27 - Glorious Revolution (Spain)source
  • 1868inauguration of Dalsland Canal.source
  • 1870Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris (1870–1871) begins. From September 23, balloon mail is sent out of the city.source
  • 1879The Blackpool Illuminations in England are switched on for the first time.source
  • 1889A rockslide in Quebec City kills 45source
  • 1890The University of North Texas is founded, as the Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute.source
  • 1893New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant women's suffrage.source
  • 1893Swami Vivekananda delivers an inspiring paper at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.source
  • 1893Swami Vivekananda delivers an inspiring speech on his paper at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.source
  • 1899The patent for the first water meter is granted to Edwin Ford.source
  • 1899Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is pardoned in France by the Ministry of War. He is released from prison at Rennes the following day but not fully exonerated until 1906.source
  • 1905September 11 – 19 die and 48 are seriously injured when the Ninth Avenue Elevated train derails in Manhattan.source
  • 1909The country's first automobile race is held at the São Gonçalo circuit in Rio de Janeiro.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
  • 1918The British Army's Egyptian Expeditionary Force launches the Battle of Megiddo, incorporating the Battle of Sharon, and the Battle of Nablus, an attack in the Judaean Mountains. This day are fought the Battle of Tulkarm, and the Battle of Arara, which break the Ottoman front line stretching from the Mediterranean coast to the Judaean Mountains, while the Battle of Tabsor extends into September 20.source
  • 1919The silent film Dalagang Bukid by José Nepomuceno is released. It is the first film to be produced locally.source
  • 1924South West Africa – Gobabis Junction in Windhoek to Ondekaremba, 29 mi 70 ch.source
  • 1926Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Stadium, well known among sports venues in Italy, officially opens in Milan.source
  • 1931The United Kingdom abandons the gold standard.source
  • 1934The Soviet Union joins the League of Nations.source
  • 1934Bruno Richard Hauptmann is arrested in connection with the Lindbergh kidnapping case in the U.S.source
  • 1937Swiss professional ice hockey club HC Ambrì-Piotta is founded.source
  • 1939Babben Enger-Damon, cross country skier, Olympic gold medallist and orienteersource
  • 1941release of O Pai Tirano, film comedy directed by António Lopes Ribeiro.source
  • 1946The idea of the Council of Europe is introduced in a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.source
  • 1947September 17–21 – The 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane in southeastern Florida, and also in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana causes widespread damage, and kills 50 people.source
  • 1947Amnokgang Sports Club is founded.source
  • 1949The United Kingdom government devalues the pound sterling from $4.03 to $2.80, leading to many other currencies being devalued.source
  • 1950Korean War: An attack by North Korean forces is repelled at the Battle of Nam River.source
  • 1950West Germany decides to purge communist officials.source
  • 1955September 19–21 – President of Argentina Juan Perón is ousted in a military coup.source
  • 1955September 10–20: Hurricane Hilda (1955).source
  • 1955Hurricane Hilda kills about 200 people in Mexico.source
  • 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
  • 1960Pakistan and India sign the Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank.source
  • 1961American couple Barney and Betty Hill claim that they saw a UFO as they returned from a trip to Canada through New Hampshire where they live. They later claim that they were abducted by aliens, among the first claimants of such an abduction.source
  • 1962Atlantic College opens its doors for the first time in Wales, marking the birth of the pioneering United World College educational movement.source
  • 1963Iota Phi Theta fraternity is founded at Morgan State College in Baltimore, Marylandsource
  • 1965Pakistani Forces achieve a decisive victory at the Battle of Chawinda, ultimately halting the Indian advance and successfully stabilizing the Sialkot Front; it is the world's largest tank battle since the Battle of Kursk in the Second World War between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.source
  • 1967Republic of Benin establishedsource
  • 1970Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial Greek junta led by Georgios Papadopoulos.source
  • 1971Trams in Ballarat (Victoria, Australia) cease to run.source
  • 1976Yehezkel Abramsky (born 1886), Russian (Belarus)-born eminent Israeli Orthodox rabbi.source
  • 1976Turkish Airlines Flight 452 crashes near Ispartasource
  • 1977Under pressure from the Carter Administration, President of Nicaragua Anastasio Somoza Debayle lifts the state of siege in Nicaragua.source
  • 1977North Korean agents abduct Yutaka Kume from Noto Peninsula starting the North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens.source
  • 1978Police in the West Midlands of England launch a massive murder hunt, when 13-year-old newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater is shot dead after disturbing a burglary.source
  • 1979September 14–21: Hurricane Henri (1979)source
  • 1981Solidarity Day march, in support of organized labor, draws approximately 250,000 people in Washington, D.C.source
  • 1982The first emoticons are posted by Scott Fahlman.source
  • 1983Saint Kitts and Nevis becomes an independent state.source
  • 1983The MK2 Volkswagen Golf is unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show, spelling the end of MK1 Golf production after almost a decade. It will be launched in left-hand drive form imminently, and in right-hand drive form from March 1984.source
  • 1983Press Your Luck premieres on CBS.source
  • 1985An 8.0 Mw earthquake strikes Mexico City, killing between 5,000 and 45,000 people and injuring 30,000 more.source
  • 1985Fourteen newborn babies survived the earthquake.source
  • 1986The completion of Yunlin Prison expansion in Huwei Township, Yunlin County.source
  • 1987September 7–21 – The world's first conference on artificial life is held at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States.source
  • 1988Israel launches Ofek-1, its first reconnaissance satellite, into space.source
  • 1988September 8–19: Hurricane Gilbertsource
  • 1989The Catholic Church calls for removal of the Carmelite convent located near the former Auschwitz concentration camp, whose presence has offended some Jewish leaders.source
  • 1989Burkinabé ministers Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani and Henri Zongo executed following their arrest the previous day.source
  • 1989UTA Flight 772 explodes over Niger, killing all 171 people on board (the Islamic Jihad Organization claims responsibility).source
  • 1989UTA Flight 772 is blown up over Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew on board. Libya was accused of involvement in the bombing, and later compensated the victims' families, although Libya did not accept responsibility.source
  • 1989September 17–22 – Hurricane Hugo devastates the Caribbean and the southeastern United States, causing at least 71 deaths and $8,000,000,000 in damages.source
  • 1990September 19 – 20: According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, Typhoon Flo, hit powerful strong wind, flash flood, tornado hit in around Honshu, total 44 person were death, 197 person were hurt.source
  • 1991Ötzi the Iceman is found in the Alps.source
  • 1991September 16–19: Tropical Storm Ignacio (1991).source
  • 19931993 Polish parliamentary election: A coalition of the Democratic Left Alliance and the Polish People's Party led by Waldemar Pawlak comes into power.source
  • 1993September 15–21 – Hurricane Gert crosses from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through Central America and Mexico.source
  • 1994Operation Uphold Democracy: U.S. troops stage a bloodless invasion of Haiti to restore the legitimately elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to power.source
  • 1995The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber Manifestosource
  • 1998Kabila leaves Tripoli after a visit that violated the UN's embargo on air links with Libya. Again, the United Nations condemns the two countries for this.source
  • 2000Pieter van den Hoogenband wins an Olympic gold medal in Sydney on the 100 freestyle in a record time of 47.84.source
  • 2002General Robert Guéï leads an army mutiny in an attempt to overthrow Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, resulting in civil war.source
  • 2002An attempted coup by disaffected former soldiers of Côte d'Ivoire was put down, with the death of the alleged coup leader, General Robert Guéï, a former military dictator of the country. Guéï was killed when his car refused to stop at a roadblock in downtown Abidjan. Rebels continue in control of the cities of Bouaké and Korhogo.source
  • 2002September 14–27 – Hurricane Isidore crosses Cuba, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Louisiana.source
  • 2003The United Nations establishes the United Nations Mission in Liberia with Resolution 1509.source
  • 2004The Far Right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) won 12 seats in the 2004 Saxony state election. This is the first time since the 1960s that the party had seats in a state parliament.source
  • 2005North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange for aid and cooperation.source
  • 2005September 17-25 - Croatia hosted the 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship in Pula and Zagreb.source
  • 2006The Royal Thai Army overthrows the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup.source
  • 2011With 436 people dead, the United Nations launches a $357 million appeal for victims of the 2011 Sindh floods in Pakistan.source
  • 2017September 19–20 – Just two weeks after Hurricane Irma struck the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria strikes similar areas, making landfall on Dominica as a Category 5 hurricane, and Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane. Maria caused over 3,000 deaths and damages estimated in excess of $91.6 billion (2017 USD).source
  • 2017Twelve days after another powerful earthquake, and on the 32nd anniversary of the deadly 1985 Mexico City earthquake, a 7.1 Mw earthquake strikes central Mexico, killing 370, leaving up to 6,000 injured and thousands more homeless.source
  • 2020A 1634 edition of The Two Noble Kinsmen, the last play by English playwright William Shakespeare, is discovered at the Royal Scots College's library in Salamanca, Spain. It is believed to be the oldest copy of any of his works in the country.source
  • 2021The 2021 Russian legislative election is held, with the United Russia party winning nearly 50% of the vote.source
  • 2021Kabul Airlift: A Qatar Airways charter flight carrying 200 passengers, including Afghans and Americans, departs from Kabul International Airport to Qatar.source
  • 2022The state funeral of Elizabeth II is held in Westminster Abbey, London. Her coffin is then taken by procession to Windsor Castle for burial with her husband, parents and sister in the King George VI Memorial Chapel. The funeral is speculated to be the most watched television event in world history.source
  • 2022September 14–September 25 – The Atlantic hurricane Fiona hits Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Lucayan Archipelago, Bermuda, and Eastern Canada.source
  • 2022A national holiday is observed on the day of the funeral of Elizabeth II, Queen of the Bahamas. Governor-General Sir Cornelius A. Smith and Prime Minister Philip Davis attend the funeral of Elizabeth II.source
  • 2022A national holiday is observed on the day of the funeral of Elizabeth II, Queen of Belize. The Governor-General attends the Queen's state funeral in the United Kingdom.source
  • 2023Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Azerbaijan launches a military offensive against the Armenia-backed Republic of Artsakh, which ends with a swift Azerbaijani victory. Protests erupt in Armenia, Artsakh announces the dissolution of government institutions, and over 100,000 ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh.source
  • 2023A bus carrying 30 passengers plunges into a ravine on the road between Budva and Cetinje, killing two people and seriously injuring nine others.source
  • 2025Estonian airspace near Vaindloo island is violated by three Russian MiG-31 jets. In response, Estonia invokes Article 4 of NATO.source
  • 2025September 13–21 – The 2025 World Athletics Championships are held in Tokyo, Japan.source

Births

  • 86Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (died 161)source
  • 866Leo VI, Byzantine emperor (died 912)source
  • 931Mu Zong, emperor of the Liao dynasty (died 969)source
  • 1085Maria Komnene, Byzantine princesssource
  • 1182Reginald de Braose, Norman nobleman (died 1228)source
  • 1377Albert IV, Duke of Austria (died 1404)source
  • 1426Maria of Cleves, French noble (died 1487)source
  • 1426Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, mother of Louis XII (died 1487)source
  • 1477Ferrante d'Este, Ferrarese nobleman and condottiero (died 1540)source
  • 1508Maria Paleologa, Italian noblewoman (died 1530)source
  • 1551King Henry III of France (died 1589)source
  • 1551King Henry III of France (died 1589)source
  • 1560Thomas Cavendish, English naval explorer, leader of the third expedition to circumnavigate the globe (died 1592)source
  • 1662Jean-Paul Bignon, French priest and man of letters (died 1743)source
  • 1697Alexander Monro, Scottish surgeon and anatomist (died 1767)source
  • 1737Charles Carroll of Carrollton, only Roman Catholic signer of the American Declaration of Independence (died 1832)source
  • 1741Jacob Jordan, businessman and politiciansource
  • 1778Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, British politician (died 1868)source
  • 1802Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian politician (died 1894)source
  • 1811Orson Pratt, American religious leader (died 1881)source
  • 194719 September Roger Gilson, cyclistsource
  • 1990Dashtserengiin Saintsetseg, swimmersource
  • 1997Zoi Kontogianni, rhythmic gymnastsource

Deaths

  • 643Goeric, bishop of Metzsource
  • 690Theodore of Tarsus, age 88, dies at Canterbury. He is succeeded by Berhtwald as the 9th Archbishop of Canterbury (approximate date).source
  • 690Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 602)source
  • 961Helena Lekapene, Byzantine empresssource
  • 979Gotofredo I, archbishop of Milansource
  • 1039Fujiwara no Genshi, empress of Japan (born 1016)source
  • 1123Taizu, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (born 1068)source
  • 1147Igor II Olgovich, Kievan princesource
  • 1212Henry fitz Ailwin, Lord Mayor of Londonsource
  • 1309Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, Spanish nobleman (born 1256)source
  • 1339Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (born 1288)source
  • 1356Walter VI, Count of Brienne, Constable of France (born 1304) — killed at the Battle of Poitierssource
  • 1356Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (born 1311) — killed at the Battle of Poitierssource
  • 1486Richard Oldham, English Catholic bishopsource
  • 1565September 11–20 – Cipriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (born 1515)source
  • 1580Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (born 1519)source
  • 1605Edward Lewknor, English politician (born 1542)source
  • 1636Franz von Dietrichstein, German Catholic bishop (born 1570)source
  • 1668Sir William Waller, English Civil War general (born c. 1635)source
  • 1692Giles Corey, Massachusetts farmer and accused wizard (born 1611)source
  • 1693Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Slovenian nobleman and polymath (born 1641)source
  • 1710Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (born 1644)source
  • 1739Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne, French princess (born 1722)source
  • 1767Thomas Angell, merchant and philanthropist (born 1692).source
  • 1785Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Queen consort of Sardinia (born 1729)source
  • 1881James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States (born 1831)source
  • 1881President James A. Garfield dies eleven weeks after being shot. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes the 21st president of the United States.source
  • 1898Sir George Grey, 11th Premier of New Zealand (born 1812)source
  • 1902Shiloh Baptist Church stampede: 115 people are killed in a crush at a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, following a mistaken alarm of fire after an address by Booker T. Washington.source
  • 1931David Starr Jordan, American ichthyologist, educator, eugenicist, and peace activist (born 1851)source
  • 1941September 16–30 – The Nikolaev massacre takes place in Mykolaiv (Soviet Union); 35,782 men, women and children, mostly Jews, are killed by Einsatzgruppe D and local collaborators.source
  • 1976Choe Yong-gon, 2nd Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (born 1900).source
  • 2019September 19 – 30 Afghan nut farmers are killed and 40 injured in a U.S. drone attack in Nangarhar Province.source