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September 7 in history

239 sourced entries recorded on September 7, from 251 CE to 2024 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 397First Council of Toledo: Hispanic bishops, including Lampius, condemn Priscillianism.source
  • 684A large comet is observed in Japan (it's Japan's oldest observation record of Halley's Comet).source
  • 878Pope John VIII crowns Louis the Stammerer as king of the West Frankish Kingdom, in the cathedral at Troyes.source
  • 924Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Tsar Simeon I, ruler (knyaz) of the Bulgarian Empire, leads the burning of the Church of St. Mary of the Spring in Constantinople.source
  • 1101Battle of Ramla: A Crusader force (some 1,100 men) under Baldwin I defeats the invading Fatimids at Ramla (modern Israel). Baldwin plunders the Fatimid camp and the survivors flee to Ascalon.source
  • 1113The Republic of Pisa signs a treaty with Ramon Berenguer III ('the Great'), count of Barcelona. The Pisan fleet embarks on a campaign against the Moors in the Balearic Islands.source
  • 1147The German crusaders suffer a natural disaster near Constantinople, when part of their encampment is swept away by a flash flood with considerable loss of life. Emperor Manuel I Komnenos orders the Crusaders to cross to Asia Minor by the Hellespont. Conrad III ignores the advice of Manuel and after some minor clashes with the Byzantines, pushes towards Constantinople.source
  • 1159Pope Alexander III succeeds Pope Adrian IV, as the 170th pope.source
  • 1191Battle of Arsuf: Richard I fights a pitched battle – while waiting for the ideal moment to mount a counterattack. However, the Hospitaller knights led by Garnier de Nablus break formation and launch a charge. Richard restores order in the turmoil and is forced to commit his entire army to support the attack. The Muslim forces flee in panic, but Saladin rallies them in time to defend his camp, and even to lead a counter-charge. By evening, Richard has defeated the Muslim forces, and Saladin retreats in good order to Ramallah.source
  • 1303Boniface VIII is imprisoned by Guillaume de Nogaret, French councillor and advisor, on behalf of Philip the Fair at his residence in Anagni. During the incident, Gregory Bicskei, archbishop of Esztergom, is killed. Boniface is for three days held in captivity, where he is beaten, tortured and nearly executed.source
  • 1385Scottish and French troops unsuccessfully try to besiege the walled city of Carlisle in England, but Sir Henry Percy, nicknamed "Hotspur" breaks the siege and the attackers withdraw to Scotland, ending the war between the two kingdoms.source
  • 1391King Richard II summons the English Parliament and directs the members to assemble at Winchester on November 3.source
  • 1392Yi Pangsŏk, at 10 years old the youngest son of King Taejo of Korea, is designated as the heir to the throne.source
  • 1428(29th day of the 7th month of Shōchō 1) Emperor Go-Hanazono, the 10-year old third cousin of the late Emperor Shoko accedes to the throne of Japan.source
  • 1433Cosimo de' Medici, later the unofficial leader of Florence and patron of Marsilio Ficino, is imprisoned in the Palazzo dei Priori. Initially facing life imprisonment, Medici is then exiled by the Albizzi/Strozzi faction instead. He returns a year later, on October 6, 1434.source
  • 1464At Leipzig, Ernest, Landgrave of Thuringia, 23, becomes the new Elector of Saxony upon the death of his father, Friederich II, while his younger brother Albert III, 21, succeeds his father as the new Duke of Saxony.source
  • 1465With the approval by the Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich III, the Bohemian captain Hinko Tannfeld to plunder the Hungarian town of Sopron.source
  • 1473In Germany, Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg destroys the Tomburg Castle near Wormersdorf in what is now the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The one-day shelling of the castle with cannons takes place after a dispute with the Lord of Tomburg, Friedrich von Sombreff. The castle is never rebuilt and the ruins remain more than 550 years later.source
  • 1496Federico of Aragon becomes the King of Naples upon the death of his nephew, King Ferdinando II.source
  • 1497Second Cornish Uprising in England: Perkin Warbeck lands near Land's End; on September 10 he is proclaimed as King in Bodmin.source
  • 1514The Ottoman Army, commanded by the Sultan Selim I, arrives at Tabriz, capital of Safavid Iran and accepts the surrender of Shah Ismail.source
  • 1520Christian II of Denmark makes his triumphant entry into Stockholm, which had surrendered to him a few days earlier. Sten Sture's widow Christina Gyllenstierna, who has led the fight after Sten's death, and all other persons in the resistance against the Danes, are granted amnesty and are pardoned for their involvement in the resistance.source
  • 1520The official entry of Christian II in Stockholm.source
  • 1533Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII of England gives birth to a daughter, at Greenwich, a little more than three months after she and Henry were married. The King's second daughter, Elizabeth, will become the reigning monarch of England 25 years later and rule for more than 44 years.source
  • 1537Walter Cowley is appointed Principal Solicitor for Ireland.source
  • 1539Guru Angad Dev becomes the second Guru of the Sikhs.source
  • 1542Bernard O'Higgins is consecrated as Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin.source
  • 1557Duke Magnus is granted a Duchy.source
  • 1569A Royalist army under the Duc d'Anjou and Marshal Tavannes forces Coligny to abandon the siege of Poitiers.source
  • 1592The captured Madre de Deus enters Dartmouth harbour in England and is then subjected to mass theft.source
  • 1619Gaj Singh Rathore becomes the new Raja of Marwar (within the Mughal Empire) at Jodhpur in what is now the Indian state of Rajasthan, succeeding his father, Sur Singh.source
  • 1620Mayflower and Speedwell return again to England, anchoring at Plymouth; the latter ship is given up as a participant in the voyage and on September 12 (September 2 OS) departs for London, most of her passengers and stores having been transferred to the Mayflower.source
  • 1620The Finnish town of Kokkola (Karleby) is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.source
  • 1625The Treaty of Southampton makes an alliance between England and the Dutch Republic, against Spain.source
  • 1628September 7–8 – Eighty Years' War – Battle in the Bay of Matanzas: Dutch admiral Piet Hein captures 16 ships of the Spanish treasure fleet. The immense booty taken brings in over 11 million guilders, part of which is used to fund the entire army of the Dutch Republic for eight months.source
  • 1629Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630): A Spanish expedition, led by Fadrique de Toledo, wipes out the English colony on St. Kitts.source
  • 1630Governor John Winthrop passes a resolution declaring "that Trimontaine" on Shawmut peninsula shall be called Boston from now on.source
  • 1632Estates General convene what will be their last session (dissolved in 1634).source
  • 1640Portuguese missionary Sebastien Manrique reaches Dhaka and stays for 27 days, leaving on October 4.source
  • 1642Irish Confederate Wars: Lord Forbes raises his unsuccessful siege of Galway.source
  • 1642First English Civil War: The Siege of Portsmouth (begun on 10 August) ends with the Royalist garrison surrendering the port to Parliament.source
  • 1689September 3–12 – Messengers from over 100 Baptist churches assemble in the City of London to discuss and endorse the 1677 document that will become known as the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith.source
  • 1695English pirate Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable raids in history, with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to put an end to all English trading in India.source
  • 1695English pirate Henry Every in the Fancy perpetrates one of the most profitable raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to put an end to all English trading in India.source
  • 1703War of the Spanish Succession: The town of Breisach is retaken for France by Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard.source
  • 1703War of the Spanish Succession: The town of Breisach is retaken for France by Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard.source
  • 1706War of the Spanish Succession – Battle of Turin: Forces of Austria and Savoy defeat the French near what is now the Italian city of Torino.source
  • 1709September 4–8 – nearly 800 poor Protestant refugee families of German Palatines arrive in Dublin to be settled in Ireland.source
  • 1710In Jonathan Swift's satirical Gulliver's Travels, fictional Gulliver sets off on his fourth and final journey, a voyage to the Land of the Houyhnhnms.source
  • 1714The Treaty of Baden between France and the Holy Roman Empiresource
  • 1736An Edinburgh crowd drags John Porteous out of his cell in Tolbooth Prison, and lynches him.source
  • 1736the Edinburgh mob drags Captain Porteous out of his cell in Tolbooth prison and lynches him, beats him and hangs him to death.source
  • 1736Edinburgh crowd drags Captain Porteous out of his cell in Tolbooth prison and lynches him. The mob beats and hangs him to death.source
  • 1764Stanisław August Poniatowski is elected as the King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.source
  • 1769September 6–9 – David Garrick holds a Shakespeare Jubilee festival at Stratford-upon-Avon in England.source
  • 1775August 29 – September 12 – The Independence Hurricane from South Carolina to Nova Scotia kills 4,170, mostly fishermen and sailors.source
  • 1776American Revolutionary War: World's first submarine attack – The American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor.source
  • 1778American Revolutionary War: Invasion of Dominica – The French capture the British fort there, before the latter is aware that France has entered the war in the Franco-American alliance.source
  • 1790Governor Arthur Phillip is speared in the shoulder while speaking with a group of Indigenous Australians, due to a misunderstanding. Acting as interpreter, Bennelong prevents the situation from escalating and the Aboriginal people are permitted to leave in peace.source
  • 1792September 2–7 – French Revolution: September Massacres – Rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops and more than 200 priests, together with at least 1,000 other criminals.source
  • 1795HMS Reliance arrives in Sydney. Among the ship's passengers and crew are the Aboriginal Bennelong returning from a visit to England, the surgeon and explorer George Bass, and midshipman Matthew Flinders.source
  • 1800Joseph Holt is arrested on suspicion of raising an Irish insurrection.source
  • 1807Robert Morrison, the first Protestant missionary to China, arrives in Guangzhou (Canton).source
  • 1812Napoleonic Wars – French invasion of Russia – Battle of Borodino: The bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars so far ends in a tactical victory for Napoleon. There are at least 70,000 casualties, with a minimum of 6,562 dead from the French Grande Armée alone.source
  • 1818Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.source
  • 1818Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.source
  • 1818The coronation of Charles XIV John of Sweden as Charles III John of Norway, in Christiana (now Oslo).source
  • 1822Brazil declares its independence from Portugal.source
  • 1822Independence of Brazilsource
  • 1823The Brampton runs aground on leaving the Bay of Islands. On board are Samuel Marsden, Thomas Kendall and Samuel Leigh.source
  • 1825Soldiers of the 70th Regiment subdue a fire, which consumes over eighty buildings, in Montreal.source
  • 1835Charles Darwin arrives at the Galápagos Islands, aboard HMS Beagle.source
  • 1835Charles Darwin arrives at the Galapagos Islands aboard HMS Beagle.source
  • 1838Grace Darling and her father rescue 13 survivors from the Forfarshire, off the Farne Islands.source
  • 1838Dundee paddle steamer Forfarshire (1834), homeward bound from Hull, is wrecked on the Farne Islands off the north east coast of England with the loss of more than 40 people; Grace Darling rescues nine survivors.source
  • 1838Grace Darling rescues nine survivors from the wreck of the paddle steamer SS Forfarshire (1834) off the Farne Islands.source
  • 1846The portion of the District of Columbia in the United States that was ceded by Virginia in 1790 is re-ceded to Virginia.source
  • 1850After tense negotiations, the first of the Robinson Treaties, the Robinson-Superior Treaty, is signed. This treaty between William Benjamin Robinson and an assembly of Ojibwe chiefs from the shore of Lake Superior creates a system of Indian reserves and ultimately opens up the area to European settlement.source
  • 1854August 31–September 8 – An epidemic of cholera in London kills over 10,000. Dr John Snow traces the source of one outbreak (that killed 500) to a single water pump, validating his theory that cholera is water-borne, and forming the starting point for epidemiology.source
  • 1856The Saimaa Canal was inaugurated.source
  • 1860Giuseppe Garibaldi's forces capture Naples.source
  • 1860The PS Lady Elgin is accidentally rammed and sunk in Lake Michigan, drowning at least 300 people.source
  • 1864September 1 – September 9: Charlottetown Conference, noted as the first step towards Confederationsource
  • 1868Tītokowaru's War: Māori leader Tītokowaru defeats a New Zealand military force at Te Ngutu o Te Manu, North Island.source
  • 1868Third international workers congress opens in Brussels.source
  • 1870masted turret ship HMS Captain capsizes off Cape Finisterre, less than 5 months after commissioning, due to design flaws, with the loss of 481 lives.source
  • 1875Battle of Agurdat: An Egyptian invasion of Ethiopia fails, when Emperor Yohannes IV defeats an army led by Werner Munzinger.source
  • 1876In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank, but are surrounded by an angry mob and nearly wiped out.source
  • 1882W.H. Finlay of Cape Town's Royal Observatory is first to record observations of the Great Comet of 1882.source
  • 1893Under pressure of a general strike, the Belgian Federal Parliament enacts general multiple suffrage.source
  • 1893first Aberdeen Synagogue consecrated.source
  • 1893Russian monitor Rusalka sinks in a storm in the Gulf of Finland, with the loss of all 177 crew; her hulk is eventually discovered in 2003 off Helsinki.source
  • 1893Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, the oldest Italian Association football club, is formed.source
  • 1893The Genoa Cricket & Athletics Club, the oldest Italian soccer club, is formed by British expatriates. In its earliest years, it principally competed in athletics and cricket. Association football was secondarily practised.source
  • 1895The first game of what will become known as rugby league football is played in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season.source
  • 1898Karl Hals, businessperson and politician (born 1822)source
  • 1901The Boxer Protocol is signed between the Qing Empire of China and the Eight-Nation Alliance. Japan is represented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Komura Jutarō.source
  • 1901The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.source
  • 1901The Boxer Protocol is signed in China's capital Beijing between the Qing Empire of China and the Eight-Nation Alliance after China's defeat in the intervention to put down the 1990 Boxer Rebellion. Italy is granted a concession in Tientsin from the Chinese government.source
  • 1901End of the Boxer Rebellion.source
  • 1904British expedition to Tibet: The Dalai Lama signs the Anglo-Tibetan Treaty with Colonel Francis Younghusband.source
  • 1907An anti-Asian riot in Vancouver attacks Chinatownsource
  • 1907British Cunard Line passenger liner RMS Lusitania sets out on her maiden voyage, from Liverpool (England) to New York City.source
  • 1907Asahi Grass (now AGC) founded in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture.source
  • 1913September 7–8 – The Fourth Congress of the International Psychoanalytical Association (the last occasion on which Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud will meet) takes place in Munich.source
  • 1915Cartoonist John B. Gruelle is given a patent for his Raggedy Ann doll.source
  • 1920A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Garfagnana and Lunigiana in Tuscany, killing 170 people; families left homeless numbered in the thousands.source
  • 1923A Curfew is issued in Tokyo.source
  • 1923At the International Police Conference in Vienna, the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC), better known as Interpol, is set up.source
  • 1927The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.source
  • 1929The steamship SS Kuru sank in Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere, Finland, leading to 138 people drowning.source
  • 1931The Second Round Table Conference on the constitutional future of India opens in London; Mahatma Gandhi represents the Indian National Congress.source
  • 1932September 7–29 - Battle of Boquerónsource
  • 1934September 5–10 – The 6th Nuremberg Rally is staged by the German Nazi Party.source
  • 1936Statement of Policy issued by the Colonial Office in London declares the situation a "direct challenge to the authority of the British Government in Palestine" and announces the appointment of Lieutenant-General John Dill as supreme military commander.source
  • 1937CBS broadcasts a two-and-a-half hour memorial concert nationwide on radio in memory of George Gershwin, live from the Hollywood Bowl. Many celebrities appear, including Oscar Levant, Fred Astaire, Otto Klemperer, Lily Pons and members of the original cast of Porgy and Bess. The concert is recorded and released complete years later in what is excellent sound for its time, on CD. The Los Angeles Philharmonic is the featured orchestra.source
  • 1940Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria.source
  • 1940WWII: The Blitz – Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London (the first of 57 consecutive nights of strategic bombing).source
  • 1943Gulf Hotel fire: A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas kills 55.source
  • 1944The Belgian government in exile returns to Brussels from London.source
  • 1944Members of Vichy France's collaborationist government are relocated to Germany where an enclave is established for them in Sigmaringen Castle.source
  • 1944Shin'yō Maru incident: Japanese cargo ship SS Shinyō Maru is torpedoed and sunk in the Sulu Sea by American submarine USS Paddle while carrying 750 American prisoners of war; 688 perish.source
  • 1945The United States announces the establishment of the United States Army Military Government in Korea.source
  • 1946First devaluation in Turkey: the lira loses 40% of its value.source
  • 1949The first Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany convenes in Bonn. They will elect Konrad Adenauer as Chancellor while the Federal Convention, a constitutional body consisting of the Bundestag members and a same number of representatives of the States, elect the liberal Theodor Heuss as President of Germany on 12 September.source
  • 1950The Knockshinnoch Disaster in Scotland kills 13 coal miners; 116 are rescued.source
  • 1953Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet Central Committee.source
  • 1963City Developments Limited is formed as a property group.source
  • 1968The crash of Air France Flight 1611 kills 95 people, including French Army General René Cogny, as the Caravelle jetliner plunges into the Mediterranean Sea following a fire while making its approach to Nice following its departure from the island of Corsica.source
  • 1970The 50th anniversary of International Labour Organization was celebrated.source
  • 1971September 5–18: Hurricane Edith.source
  • 1973Salvador Allende requests the relocation of Synco's Operations Room, from its original location in Providencia to La Moneda Palacesource
  • 1976September 7 – 11: Hurricane Kathleensource
  • 1977Torrijos-Carter treaties: Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The U.S. agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.source
  • 1979The first Speak Mandarin Campaign is launched to encourage Chinese Singaporeans to speak Mandarin instead of dialects.source
  • 1981September 4–12. Major Soviet military exercise Zapad’81 (West’81) takes place in Belarus and the Baltic States.source
  • 1981British plantation company Guthrie is taken over by the Malaysian government after successfully purchasing shares to become the major shareholder. This is famously called the 'Dawn Raid attack'.source
  • 1981Permodalan Nasional Berhad leads a "Dawn Raid" on the London Stock Exchange with 51 per cent of Guthrie shares acquired in just 10 minutes.source
  • 1981September 5–10. First round of National Congress of Solidarity Delegates takes place in Gdańsk, at Hala Olivia. Solidarity has 9,5 million members. Of all its regions, most numerous is Upper Silesia - Zagłębie Dąbrowskie (Region Śląsko-Dąbrowski) - 1,4 mln members, Mazovia - 911,000 members, and Lower Silesia - 900,000 members. During the Congress, The Message to Working People of Eastern Europe is issued, as well as a Letter to Polonia of the Whole World.source
  • 1983Agents from the CNI, Investigations and Carabineros shot 5 MIR militants in two safe houses of the movement located in the communes of Las Condes and Quinta Normal. In these events, a 16-year-old teenager survived, who lived in one of the safe houses.source
  • 1984An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.source
  • 1986Desmond Tutu becomes the first black Anglican Church bishop in South Africa.source
  • 1986City 2 Television (formerly BBC 2) is dissolved by Aquino.source
  • 1987September 7–21 – The world's first conference on artificial life is held at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States.source
  • 1990September 1–10 – Pope John Paul II visits Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and Ivory Coast.source
  • 1990Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit founded.source
  • 1992In Ciskei, members of the Ciskei Defence Force loyal to dictator Oupa Gqozo open fire into a crowd of anti-Gqozo protestors organized by the African National Congress, killing at least 28 people and wounding nearly 200.source
  • 1995September 4–15 – The Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.source
  • 1999The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake hits with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.source
  • 1999The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 22, injuring 800–1,600 injured, and causing $3–4.2 billion in damage.source
  • 2000September 7–14 – Fuel protests in the United Kingdom, with refineries blockaded and supply to the country's network of petrol stations halted.source
  • 2000September 6–8 – World leaders attend the Millennium Summit at U.N. Headquarters.source
  • 2004The Scottish Parliament Building opens.source
  • 2005Egypt holds its first ever multi-party presidential election, which is marred with allegations of fraud.source
  • 2006British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces his intention to resign by the end of 2007.source
  • 2006Partial lunar eclipse, visible over most of Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia.source
  • 2007Armenian Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan announced that Metsamor unit-2 was to be replaced with a new nuclear power plant built on the same site at a cost of $2 billion. "The project's feasibility study is being carried out by Armenia, Russia, the US and the International Atomic Energy Agency. The old nuclear power plant is to be rebuilt within four-and-a-half years", he stated, clarifying that "many foreign countries now understand that Armenia must have a nuclear power plant." TAEK, which had recently denied claims in Today's Zaman that its latest protest to the IAEA was made in response to the RESAI early warning system indicating "an increase in radioactive leakage in the region," stating, "None of the radioactivity analyses or RESAI station measurements done up until now have uncovered radioactivity or radiation levels above normal," confirmed that it would be involved in following related developments and taking the necessary precautions from the Turkish side.source
  • 2007October 20 – The 2007 Rugby World Cup takes place in France. South Africa beat defending champions England in the final.source
  • 20082008 Hong Kong legislative electionsource
  • 2010Israel becomes the 33rd member of the OECD.source
  • 2010Algerian publisher, Barzakh Editions, will receive the Principal Prince Claus Award of 100,000 Euros on December 17, 2010. The business is one of ten other laureates to be honored at the Royal Palace (Amsterdam).source
  • 2012Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran, and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over support for Syria, nuclear plans and human rights abuses.source
  • 20132013 Australian federal election: The Liberal/National Coalition led by Tony Abbott defeats the Labor Government led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Abbott is sworn in on September 18.source
  • 2013Marek Špilár, football player (born 1975)source
  • 2013The International Olympic Committee awards Tokyo the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.source
  • 2015A bolide over Bangkok and other locations flared up for several seconds in early morning.source
  • 2017Tundu Lissu, an MP of the opposition party Chadema, survived being shot multiple times at his home after returning from a parliamentary session by unknown gunmen.source
  • 20177 September 2017, The Education University of Hong Kong's main campus in Tai Po displayed a message of "congratulations" to Undersecretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin after her son plunged to his death from a residential tower. On 8 September 2017, Chief Executive Carrie Lam condemned the poster in the Education University was "extremely callous" and "cold blooded".source
  • 2018Aljaž Tower, a symbol of Slovenia, is removed from the summit of Triglav for the first time in 123 years and transported to Ljubljana for repairs.source
  • 2019Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.source
  • 2021El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to accept Bitcoin as an official currency.source
  • 2024August 28 – September 8 – The 2024 Summer Paralympics are held in Paris, France.source

Births

  • 923Suzaku, emperor of Japan (died 952)source
  • 1109Gongye, Korean queen (died 1183)source
  • 1117Nicolò Politi, Italian hermit (died 1167)source
  • 1395Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (died 1427)source
  • 1438Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (1458–1471) (died 1471)source
  • 1448Henry, Count of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1473–1482) (died 1519)source
  • 1500Sebastian Newdigate, Carthusian monk and martyr (died 1535)source
  • 1524Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (died 1583)source
  • 1533Queen Elizabeth I of England, daughter of King Henry VIII (died 1603)source
  • 1541Luigi Groto, Italian lutenist and poet (died 1588)source
  • 1541Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish musician (died 1602)source
  • 1615John Birch, English politician (died 1691)source
  • 1635Paul I, Prince Esterházy, Hungarian prince (died 1713)source
  • 1641Tokugawa Ietsuna, Japanese Tokugawa shōgun (died 1680)source
  • 1656Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth, Irish politician (died 1725)source
  • 1694Johan Ludvig Holstein, statesman (died 1763)source
  • 1704John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (died 1781)source
  • 1707Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French scientist (died 1788)source
  • 1730Elisabetta de Gambarini, English composer (died 1765)source
  • 1764Pierre Lorillard II, American businessman, real estate tycoon (died 1843)source
  • 1807Henry Sewell, 1st Premier of New Zealand (died 1879)source
  • 18077 September (in England): Henry Sewell, first Premier of New Zealandsource
  • 1814William Butterfield, British architect (died 1900)source
  • 1836Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1908)source
  • 1911Todor Zhivkov, 36th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (died 1998)source
  • 1917Leonard Cheshire, British war hero (died 1992)source
  • 1951Mammootty, Indian actorsource

Deaths

  • 251Sima Yi, Chinese general and regent (born 179)source
  • 355Claudius Silvanus, Roman usurpersource
  • 859Xuān Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (born 810)source
  • 859Emperor Xuān Zong (Li Yi) dies after a 13-year reign. He is succeeded by his eldest son Yi Zong, as ruler of the Tang dynasty.source
  • 934Meng Zhixiang, Chinese general (born 874)source
  • 1047Otto II, duke of Swabiasource
  • 1134Alfonso I (the Battler), king of Aragonsource
  • 1151Geoffrey of Anjou dies, and is succeeded by his son Henry, aged 18.source
  • 1151Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (born 1113)source
  • 1191James of Avesnes, French noblemansource
  • 1202William of the White Hands, French cardinal (born 1135)source
  • 1288Agnes of Dampierre, French noblewoman (born 1237)source
  • 1303Gregory Bicskei, Hungarian prelate and archbishopsource
  • 1312King Ferdinand IV of Castile dies after a 17-year reign and is succeeded by his one-year-old son Alfonso XI. King Alfonso's mother, Queen consort Constance, becomes regent.source
  • 1312Ferdinand IV, king of Castile and León (born 1285)source
  • 1354Andrea Dandolo, doge of Venice (born 1306)source
  • 1362Joan of the Tower, Queen consort of king David II of Scotland (born 1321)source
  • 1424Prince Zhu Gaochi of China becomes the Hongxi Emperor (Emperor Renzong) of the Ming dynasty, beginning the Hongxi era, after the August 12 death of his father, the Emperor Zhu Di.source
  • 1458Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (born 1401)source
  • 1496King Ferdinand II of Naples (born 1469)source
  • 1559Robert Estienne, French printer (born 1503)source
  • 1566Suleiman the Magnificent dies in his tent of natural causes aged 71 the day before the end of the siege of Szigetvár, and Selim II succeeds him as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.source
  • 1573Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (born 1535)source
  • 1577Infanta Maria of Guimarães (born 1538)source
  • 1589Jane Kennedy, companion of Mary, Queen of Scots (drowned while making ferry crossing across the Forth to greet the new queen, Anne of Denmark)source
  • 1601John Shakespeare, English glover, father of William Shakespeare (born 1529)source
  • 1644Guido Bentivoglio, Italian statesman and historian (born 1579)source
  • 1727Glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman and diarist (born 1647)source
  • 1729William Burnet, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (born 1688)source
  • 1741Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (born 1689)source
  • 1807September 2–7 – Battle of Copenhagen: The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets, to prevent the Dano-Norwegian navy from surrendering to Napoleon; 30% of the city is destroyed, and 2,000 citizens are killed.source
  • 1809Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I), King of Siam, founder of the Chakri dynasty of Thailand (born 1737)source
  • 1833Hannah More, English religious writer, Romantic, and philanthropist (born 1745)source
  • 1840Luís do Rego Barreto, military and colonial administrator (born 1777).source
  • 1936The last known thylacine ("Tasmanian tiger"), named Benjamin, dies in Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.source
  • 1959Maurice Duplessis, Premier of Quebec (born 1890)source
  • 1962Karen Blixen, Danish writer (born 1885)source
  • 1978In London, UK, a poison-filled pellet, supposedly injected using an umbrella, fatally poisons Bulgarian defector Georgi Markov; he dies four days later.source
  • 1997Mobutu Sese Seko, 66, Congolese politician and president of Zaire, prostate cancer.source
  • 2003Nepalese Civil War: Journalist Gyanendra Khadka is killed by Maoist insurgents.source