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September 21 in history

227 sourced entries recorded on September 21, from 480 BCE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 480 BCEThe Persians sack Athens, whose citizens flee to Salamis and then Peloponnesus.source
  • 454Emperor Valentinian III stabs his commander-in-chief Flavius Aetius to death, during a meeting of the imperial council at Ravenna. He has accused Aetius of plotting against him to seize power. After his assassination, the Western Roman Empire has no effective defender against its hostile barbarian neighbors (Alans, Franks, Ostrogoths, Vandals and Visigoths).source
  • 455Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army. He restores the imperial authority in Noricum (modern Austria) and leaves a Gothic force under Remistus, Visigoth general (magister militum), at Ravenna.source
  • 1024Gisela of Swabia, wife of Conrad II, is crowned as the Queen consort of Germany by Archbishop Pilgrim in a ceremony at Cologne. The royal couple then make a tour of Germany, traveling to Aachen (9/23), Nijmegen, Liege (10/2), Gendt (11/14), Dortmund and Minden.source
  • 1170Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland: Following a siege, combined Anglo-Norman and Irish forces seize the city of Dublin, forcing Ascall mac Ragnaill, last King of Dublin, into exile.source
  • 1170Following a siege, combined Anglo-Norman and Irish forces seize Dublin, forcing Ascall mac Ragnaill, King of Dublin, into exile.source
  • 1187September 20–October 2 – Siege of Jerusalem: Egyptian army under Saladin captures Jerusalem, after the Crusaders led by Balian of Ibelin surrender the 'Holy City'. The take-over of the city is relatively peaceful; Saladin agrees to let the Muslims and Christians leave the city, taking with them their goods. Balian joins his wife Maria Komnene and family, in the County of Tripoli.source
  • 1217Livonian Crusade: The Livonian Brothers of the Sword and allied Livs and Letts defeat the Estonian army in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day, and kill their leader Lembitu.source
  • 1274Walter de Merton, English chancellor and regent, retires from royal service, in favour of Robert Burnell, who becomes a strong ally of the Edwardian regime.source
  • 1322King Charles IV the Fair of France marries the 18-year-old Marie of Luxembourg, the eldest daughter of the late Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, following the annulment of Charles's marriage to Blanche of Burgundy. Marie dies 18 months later.source
  • 1325Isabella of France conspires with the exiled Roger Mortimer to have Edward II deposed. To build up diplomatic and military support, Isabella has Edward of Windsor engaged to the 12-year-old Philippa of Hainault. She is the daughter of Count William the Good of Hainaut, who is married to Joan of Valois, granddaughter of the late King Philip III of France.source
  • 1327Less than a year after his arrest, the former King of England, Edward II, is brutally murdered in Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire.source
  • 1371John of Gaunt, son of King Edward III of England, marries Constance of Castile, daughter of King Pedro of Castile, giving John a claim to the throne of Castile.source
  • 1411King Henry IV of England calls his ninth parliament.source
  • 1435The Treaty of Arras between Charles VII of France and Philip III of Burgundy ends the English-Burgundian alliance.source
  • 1435The Treaty of Arras is agreed between Charles VII and Philip the Good leads to the end of the Anglo-Burgundian Alliance. This is major blow to long-term English hopes during the Hundred Years Warsource
  • 1440The Burgraviate of Nuremberg, a member nation-state of the Holy Roman Empire, comes to an end after more than three centuries when the two sons of the last Burgrave, Frederick V, divide the territory into two separate principalities. Frederick VI (who is also Elector of Brandenburg) becomes the ruler of the Principality of Ansbach, while John III becomes the ruler of the Principality of Bayreuthsource
  • 1471After making his way to Prague, convening a session of the Bohemian Diet and making promises to members of the nobility, Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus receives vows of loyalty from more than 50 Bohemian nobles, who agree to support Matthias's claim to be King of Bohemia rather than to accept the rule of Prince Casimir of Poland.source
  • 1474Ernest I becomes the new monarch of the independent Principality of Anhalt-Dessau upon the death of his father George I, who had ruled for 69 years.source
  • 1484Treaty of Nottingham: A three-year truce between the kingdoms of England and Scotland is signed.source
  • 1496King James IV of Scotland and his army invade Northumberland in the Kingdom of England, in support of the pretender to the English throne, Perkin Warbeck. The invaders leave on September 25 and travel back to Scotland.source
  • 1513James V is crowned in the Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle.source
  • 1522Luther Bible: Martin Luther's translation of the Bible's New Testament into Early New High German from Greek, Das newe Testament Deutzsch, is published in Germany, selling thousands in the first few weeks.source
  • 1551The Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico is founded in Mexico City (Mexico), being the second officially established university in the Americas.source
  • 1559Francis II of France is crowned at Reims. The crown is too heavy for him, and has to be held in place by his nobles.source
  • 1585King Henry III of Navarre, who is also the heir presumptive to France's King Henry III, is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Sixtus V, who effectively declares that French Catholics are not required to recognize his claim to the throne.source
  • 1585Pope Sixtus V excommunicates King Henry IV, the heir presumptive to Henry III and declares him ineligible to inherit the crown.source
  • 1589Battle of Arques: King Henry IV of France's forces defeat those of the Catholic League, under Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne (younger brother of Henry I, Duke of Guise).source
  • 1599The first reported performance at the Globe Theatre in London (erected over Spring/Summer), a presentation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (probably new to that year), is recorded by Swiss traveller Thomas Platter the Younger.source
  • 1608The University of Oviedo in Spain is founded.source
  • 1610September 21 (September 11 O.S.) – Forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth capture Moscow and begin occupation of the Kremlin for the next two years.source
  • 1624The Roman Catholic church's Dicastery for the Clergy issues a decree that no monk may be expelled from his order "unless he be truly incorrigible."source
  • 1638The Treaty of Hartford is signed, ending the Pequot War between British American colonists and the Pequot.source
  • 1655September 20 – September 30 - Battle of Nowy Dwór Mazowieckisource
  • 1665consecration of new chapel at Pembroke College, Cambridge, Christopher Wren's first completed work of architecture.source
  • 1668The British East India Company takes over Bombay under a Royal Charter of March 27.source
  • 1668The British East India Company takes over Bombay under a Royal Charter of 27 March.source
  • 1676Pope Innocent XI succeeds Pope Clement X, as the 240th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.source
  • 1680Spanish troops make a counterattack on Santa Fe in the modern-day U.S. state of New Mexico, allowing the remaining Spanish troops in the besieged city to flee to El Paso (now in Texas).source
  • 1684Morean War: The Republic of Venice captures the fortress town of Preveza from the Ottoman Empire.source
  • 1687Morean War: The navy of the Republic of Venice raids the Dalmatian coast, and attacks Ottoman Turkish strongholds in Greece.source
  • 1717The first known Druid revival ceremony is held by John Toland at Primrose Hill, in London, at the Autumnal Equinox, to found the Mother Grove, what will later become the Ancient Order of Druids.source
  • 1717the first known Druid revival ceremony is held by John Toland at Primrose Hill, in London, at the Autumnal Equinox, to found the Mother Grove, which is later to become the Ancient Order of Druids.source
  • 1723The Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723) concluded the Russo-Persian War of 1722–1723 between Imperial Russia and Safavid Iran.source
  • 1745Battle of Prestonpans: British Government forces are defeated by the Jacobites in Scotland.source
  • 1745Jacobite rising: Government forces are defeated at the Battle of Prestonpans.source
  • 1747A hurricane in the Caribbean Sea sinks 11 British ships, most of them off the coast of Saint Kitts.source
  • 1751Stromstad Treaty of 1751 is signed, it defined the border between Sweden and Norway.source
  • 1751The final border between Sweden and Norway is recognized.source
  • 1765François Antoine announces he has killed the Beast of Gévaudan.source
  • 1772Birmingham Canal Navigations main line open for traffic, linking Birmingham to the River Severn via the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.source
  • 1774George Mason and George Washington found the Fairfax County Militia Association, a military unit independent of British control.source
  • 1779Battle of Baton Rouge – Spanish troops under Bernardo de Gálvez capture the city from the British.source
  • 1780Benedict Arnold gives detailed plans of West Point to Major John André. Three days later, André is captured, with papers revealing that Arnold was planning to surrender West Point to the British.source
  • 1788Austro-Turkish War - Battle of Karánsebes: The Austrian army engages in a friendly-fire incident, which results in mass casualties.source
  • 1792French Revolution: A Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy by the French Convention goes into effect, and the French First Republic is established, effective the following day.source
  • 1794Artworks confiscated from castles, churches and religious houses shipped to France.source
  • 1795Battle of the Diamond: Protestant forces defeat Catholic troops in Loughgall, Ireland, leading to the foundation of the Orange Order.source
  • 1795The Loyal Orange Institution (Orange Order) is formed in County Armagh following the Battle of the Diamond.source
  • 1805King Ferdinand of Naples signs a treaty in Paris agreeing to keep Naples neutral during the war between France and the allied powers.source
  • 1809British Secretary of War Lord Castlereagh and Foreign Secretary George Canning meet in a duel on Putney Heath, with Castlereagh wounding Canning in the thigh.source
  • 1826Construction of the Rideau Canal begins in Canada.source
  • 1826Construction of the Rideau Canal begins.source
  • 1843Chile takes possession of the Strait of Magellan.source
  • 1843The crew of schooner Ancud, including John Williams Wilson, takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the Chilean government.source
  • 1862Deutscher Sängerbund is founded.source
  • 1868September 19–27 - Glorious Revolution (Spain)source
  • 1881the Statue of Niels Juel, created by the sculptor Theobald Stein, is unveiled in 1881 at Holmens Kanal.source
  • 1886American physicist William Stanley Jr. patents the first practical alternating current transformer device, the induction coil.source
  • 1893Brothers Charles and Frank Duryea drive the first gasoline-powered motorcar in America, on public roads in Springfield, Massachusetts.source
  • 1897Francis P. Church responds (anonymously) to a letter to the editor of The Sun (New York City) that is known as the famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" letter.source
  • 1898Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'état, marking the end of the Hundred Days' Reform; the Guangxu Emperor is arrested.source
  • 1898Geert Adriaans Boomgaard of Groningen in the Netherlands becomes the world's first validated supercentenarian.source
  • 1899The Dominion Line steamer Scotsman sinks in the Strait of Belle Isle, killing 15 women and children.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
  • 1916Establishment of the Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Honansource
  • 1918September 20–21 – István Tisza visits Sarajevosource
  • 1919The Steel strike of 1919 begins across the United States.source
  • 1920The Communist Party of Uruguay is founded.source
  • 1922A total solar eclipse occurs over Australia, allowing scientists to test Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.source
  • 1924Inauguration of the Autostrada dei Laghi, the first controlled-access highway ever built in the world.source
  • 1926French war ace René Fonck and three others attempt to fly the Atlantic, in pursuit of the Orteig Prize. Before the newsreel cameras at Roosevelt Field New York, the modified Sikorsky S-35 crashes on take-off and bursts into flames. Fonck survives, but two of his men are killed.source
  • 1931A Richer Scale magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit in Yorii, Saitama Prefecture. According to Japanese government official confirmed report, killing 16 persons, 146 persons were wounded.source
  • 1934Maria Rubio, actress (died 2018).source
  • 1934The Muroto typhoon in Honshū, Japan kills 3,036 people, and destroys the temple, schools, and other buildings in Osaka.source
  • 1937George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. of London publishes the first edition of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.source
  • 1938In the early hours of the day, representatives of the French and British governments call on Czechoslovak President Edvard Beneš, to tell him France and Britain will not fight Hitler if he decides to annex the Sudetenland by force. Late in the afternoon, the Czechoslovak government capitulates to the French and British demands.source
  • 1938Winston Churchill warns of grave consequences to European security, if Czechoslovakia is partitioned. The same day, Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinov makes a similar statement in the League of Nations.source
  • 1938The 1938 New England hurricane in the United States strikes Long Island and southern New England, killing over 300 along the Rhode Island shoreline and 600 altogether.source
  • 1938The New England Hurricane of 1938 strikes Long Island and southern New England, killing over 300 along the Rhode Island shoreline and approximately 600 in total.source
  • 19401940 Australian federal election: Robert Menzies' UAP/Country Coalition Government is re-elected as a minority government, narrowly defeating the Labor Party led by John Curtin. It is the last federal election to result in a minority government until 2010.source
  • 1940September 20–22 – WWII: Convoy HX 72, a North Atlantic convoy of 43 ships, is attacked by a German U-boat group (wolfpack), eleven ships of 73 tons are sunk, seven during the second night of the attack by the U-100 under the command of Joachim Schepke.source
  • 1941The Estádio Presidente Vargas is opened at Fortaleza.source
  • 1944Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, is appointed Prince Regent of Belgium in the King's absence.source
  • 1947Mine incident in Kozlu, Zonguldak, 21 deathssource
  • 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
  • 1953Lars Saabye Christensen, authorsource
  • 1954Clarin is founded, edited in Santiago and directed by Darío Sainte Marie.source
  • 1955September 19–21 – President of Argentina Juan Perón is ousted in a military coup.source
  • 1955September 21–30 – Hurricane Janet, one of the strongest North Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, sweeps the Lesser Antilles and Mexico, causing more than 1,020 deaths.source
  • 1957Olav V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father Haakon VII.source
  • 1957The sailing ship Pamir sinks off the Azores in a hurricane.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
  • 1959Nantou shooting in Nantou County.source
  • 1960Mexican President Adolfo López Mateos nationalizes the country's electricity supply system.source
  • 1960President Adolfo López Mateos nationalizes the electrical system.source
  • 1961In France, the Organisation de l'armée secrète (OAS) slips an anti-de Gaulle message into TV programming.source
  • 1962A border conflict between China and India erupts into fighting.source
  • 1965Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.source
  • 1965Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of Terengganu was elected as the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agongsource
  • 1968The Soviet Zond 5 uncrewed lunar flyby mission returns to Earth, with its first-of-a-kind biological payload intact.source
  • 1970Palestinian armed forces reinforce guerillas in Irbidi, Jordan.source
  • 1975Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra of Kelantan, becomes the 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.source
  • 1979September 14–21: Hurricane Henri (1979)source
  • 1980Bülent Ulusu, ex admiral, forms the new government of Turkey (44th government, composed mostly of technocrats).source
  • 1981Belize, formerly British Honduras, gains its independence from the United Kingdom.source
  • 1982The first International Day of Peace is proclaimed by the United Nations.source
  • 1982In the United States, the National Football League Players Association calls a strike, the first in-season work stoppage in the National Football League's 63-year history. The strike lasts for 57 days, reduces the regular season from 16 games to 9, and forces an expanded 16-team playoff tournament.source
  • 1983King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden make an official state visit to Luxembourg.source
  • 1987September 7–21 – The world's first conference on artificial life is held at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States.source
  • 1989Palestinian president Yasser Arafat holds a press conference with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, after having a meeting with him, where he endorses open talks with Israel, urges citizens to resist the most recent crackdown on Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and answers and debates with Israeli journalists.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
  • 1991September 21 – 30 – Iraq disarmament crisis: IAEA inspectors discover files on Iraq's hidden nuclear weapons program. Iraqi officials refuse to let them leave with the documents, prompting a standoff that continues until the UN Security Council threatens enforcement actions on Iraq.source
  • 1993Ngee Ann City is officially opened.source
  • 1993September 15–21 – Hurricane Gert crosses from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through Central America and Mexico.source
  • 1995Reports of the Hindu milk miracle surface.source
  • 1996A military parade in honour of the 5th anniversary of Armenia's independence was held on the Republic Square.source
  • 1997The Islamic Salvation Army, the Islamic Salvation Fronts' armed wing, declares a unilateral ceasefire in Algeria.source
  • 1997St. Olaf's Church, a stone church from the 16th century in Tyrvää, Finland, is burnt down.source
  • 1999The 7.7 Mw 921 earthquake (also known as the Jiji earthquake) affects central Taiwan with a maximum Mercali intensity of X (Extreme) leaving 2,400 people dead and more than 11,000 injured.source
  • 1999The 7.6 Mw Jiji earthquake occurred in Nantou County.source
  • 2002September 14–27 – Hurricane Isidore crosses Cuba, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Louisiana.source
  • 2002September 21–October 4 – Hurricane Lili crosses Cuba and several other Caribbean islands before making landfall in Louisiana.source
  • 2003NASA ends the Galileo probe mission after nearly 14 years by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.source
  • 2005September 17-25 - Croatia hosted the 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship in Pula and Zagreb.source
  • 2006Komiljon Usmanov is on trial for "threatening Uzbekistan's constitutional order and public security," and is accused of allegedly leading the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir organization. Usmanov was sentenced in 2001 to 10 years in jail on similar charges, but was freed under an amnesty. He maintains his innocence.source
  • 20082008 Slovenian parliamentary electionsource
  • 2009China becomes the first country to succeed a completed clinical trial by a company for the 2009/H1N1 vaccine in the world during the swine flu pandemic.source
  • 2009A 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurs in eastern Bhutan and is felt in northeast India, Tibet and Bangladesh, leaving at least 10 dead.source
  • 2013Al-Shabaab militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 62 civilians and wounding over 170.source
  • 2013Peter Solan, film director (born 1929)source
  • 2014The Battle of Sanaa leads to the start of the Yemeni Civil War, as Houthi forces capture the capital city Sanaa, followed by a rapid Houthi takeover of the government.source
  • 2019U.S. President Donald Trump approves deployment of several hundred troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates following the September 14 attack on Saudi oil refineries. Both Saudi Arabia and Iran vow to defend themselves.source
  • 2020Microsoft agrees to buy video game holding company ZeniMax Media, including Bethesda Softworks and their following subsidiaries for US$7.5 billion, in what was the biggest and most expensive takeover in the history of the video game industry.source
  • 2022September 14–September 25 – The Atlantic hurricane Fiona hits Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Lucayan Archipelago, Bermuda, and Eastern Canada.source
  • 2022Hurricane Fiona reached Category 4 as it moved from the Turks and Caicos Islands toward Bermuda.source
  • 2023Rupert Murdoch announces his retirement and passes his businesses on to his son Lachlan. Murdoch led News Corp and Fox, and formerly Sky Group.source
  • 2023BP and Shell reach an agreement with the Trinidad and Tobago government to explore three deepwater offshore blocks for hydrocarbon production, following Cabinet approval.source
  • 2025The UK, Canada, and Australia announce their formal recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state, with France also doing so the next day.source
  • 2025Thousands of protesters across the Philippines gather at the EDSA Shrine in Quezon City for the Trillion Peso March and at Luneta Park in Manila for the Baha sa Luneta demonstrations, demanding government accountability over alleged corruption in flood control and infrastructure projects.source
  • 2025September 13–21 – The 2025 World Athletics Championships are held in Tokyo, Japan.source

Births

  • 953Abu Ishaq Ibrahim, Buyid princesource
  • 1051Bertha of Savoy, Holy Roman Empress consort (died 1087)source
  • 1371Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1440)source
  • 1407Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, Italian noble (died 1450)source
  • 1411Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (died 1460)source
  • 1415Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1493)source
  • 1428Jingtai Emperor of China (died 1457)source
  • 1452Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer (died 1498)source
  • 1457Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria, Polish princess (died 1502)source
  • 1477Matthäus Zell, German Lutheran pastor (died 1548)source
  • 1504Jean de Dinteville, French diplomat (d.1555)source
  • 1516Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (died 1571)source
  • 1523Sancho d'Avila, Spanish general (died 1583)source
  • 1541Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg, Countess consort of Nassau-Weilburg (died 1616)source
  • 1556William Harris, English knight (died 1616)source
  • 1559Cigoli, Italian painter (died 1613)source
  • 1562Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1587–1612) (died 1612)source
  • 1622Yamaga Sokō, Japanese philosopher (died 1685)source
  • 1640Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, younger son of Louis XIII of France and his wife (died 1701)source
  • 1645Louis Jolliet, French Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America (died 1700)source
  • 1657Sultan Muhammad Akbar, Mughal prince (died 1706)source
  • 1693Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1768)source
  • 1705September 21 (bapt.) – Dick Turpin, English thief and highwayman (hanged 1739)source
  • 1706Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, second wife of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (died 1735)source
  • 1719Johann Friedrich Mayer, agriculturalist (died 1798)source
  • 1749Mariano Álvarez de Castro (died 1810)source
  • 1758Christopher Gore, U.S. lawyer, politician (died 1827)source
  • 177921 September (in France) – Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg, politician and nobleman (died 1840).source
  • 1788Margaret Taylor, First Lady of the United States (died 1852)source
  • 1791István Széchenyi, Hungarian politician, writer (died 1860)source
  • 1838Victoria Woodhull, American woman's suffrage leader; first woman to run for U.S. President (died 1927)source
  • 1866H. G. Wells, English writer (died 1946)source
  • 1874Gustav Holst, English composer (died 1934)source
  • 1902Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (died 1963)source
  • 1909Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st president of Ghana (died 1972)source
  • 1934Leonard Cohen, Canadian poet, novelist, singer and songwriter (died 2016)source
  • 1947Stephen King, American writer and novelist, specializing in the horror genresource
  • 1954Shinzō Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (died 2022)source
  • 1957Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australiasource
  • 1998Tadej Pogačar, Slovenian cyclistsource

Deaths

  • 19 BCEVirgil, Roman poet (born 70 BC)source
  • 106Han Shangdi dies after a 7-month reign and is succeeded by his 12-year-old cousin Han Andi as ruler of the Chinese Eastern Han dynasty (until 125).source
  • 106Han Shangdi, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty (born 105)source
  • 454Flavius Aetius, Roman general (magister militum)source
  • 687Pope Conon I dies at Rome after a 1-year reign, and is succeeded by Sergius I as the 84th pope of the Catholic Church.source
  • 1026Otto-William, count of Burgundysource
  • 1109Svatopluk, duke of Bohemiasource
  • 1235King Andrew II of Hungary (born 1175)source
  • 1239Simon of Dammartin, French noblemansource
  • 1256William of Kilkenny, English bishop of Elysource
  • 1306Wonbi Hong, Korean noblewoman and royal consortsource
  • 1327Edward Caernarfon, former King of England (born 1284)source
  • 1397Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (executed) (born 1346)source
  • 1461Sophia of Halshany, queen consort of Poland (born 1405)source
  • 1474George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (born 1390)source
  • 1518Louise of Valois, French princess (born 1515)source
  • 1527Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Margrave of Bayreuth (born 1481)source
  • 1558Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1500)source
  • 1576Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, physician, astrologer and gambler (born 1502)source
  • 1586Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1517)source
  • 1624Södertälje 's mayor Z. Anthelius, and two other Swedes are executed because of their Catholic faith.source
  • 1629Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (born 1587)source
  • 1631Federico Borromeo, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan (born 1564)source
  • 1643Emperor Hong Taiji of China (born 1592)source
  • 1707Wilhelmus Beekman, Dutch politician (born 1623)source
  • 1743Jai Singh II, King of Amber-Juiper, India (born 1688)source
  • 1798George Read, American lawyer, signer of the Declaration of Independence (born 1733)source
  • 1812Emanuel Schikaneder, German dramatist, actor and singer (born 1751)source
  • 1832Sir Walter Scott, Scottish poet and novelist (born 1771)source
  • 1860Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (born 1788)source
  • 1921The Oppau explosion occurs at BASF's nitrate factory in Oppau, Germany; over 500 are killed.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
  • 1956Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza García is assassinated.source
  • 1957King Haakon VII of Norway (born 1872)source
  • 1976Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. by agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.source
  • 2019September 19 – 30 Afghan nut farmers are killed and 40 injured in a U.S. drone attack in Nangarhar Province.source