Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 49 events. Showing 1 - 30.
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- 81Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
- 326Helena of Constantinople discovers the True Cross and the Holy Sepulchre (Jesus’s tomb) in Jerusalem.
- 629Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire.
- 786“Night of the three Caliphs”: Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun’s son al-Ma'mun.
- 1180Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
- Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
- Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
- George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah
- The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
- Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil’s Hole during Pontiac’s War.
- The Papal States lose Avignon to the French Empire.
- Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes in the bloody Battle of Oravais.
- Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
- The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
- The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
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- Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
- Mexican–American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
- American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
- U.S. President William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
- HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy’s first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
- Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
- World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
- Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
- World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
- World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
- In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
- The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
- The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
- Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
