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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[917]] – [[Liu Yan (emperor)|Liu Yan]] declares himself emperor, establishing the [[Southern Han]] state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu. *[[1367]] – [[Swa Saw Ke]] becomes king of [[Ava Kingdom|Ava]]<ref name=tt-128>{{cite journal | author=Than Tun | author-link=Than Tun | title=History of Burma: A.D. 1300–1400 | journal=Journal of Burma Research Society | date=December 1959 | volume=XLII | number=II | page=128}}</ref> *[[1590]] – [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma|Alexander Farnese]]'s army forces [[Henry IV of France]] to lift the [[Siege of Paris (1590)|siege of Paris]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1622]] – A hurricane overruns a Spanish fleet bound from Havana to Cadiz and sinks the [[Nuestra Señora de Atocha|galleon Atocha]]. Only five men are rescued, but 260 passengers and 200 million pesos are buried with the Atocha under 50 feet of water.<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=55|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref> *[[1661]] – Fall of [[Nicolas Fouquet]]: [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]]'s [[Superintendent of Finances]] is arrested in [[Nantes]] by [[Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan|D'Artagnan]], captain of the king's [[musketeer]]s. *[[1666]] – [[Great Fire of London]] ends: Ten thousand buildings, including [[Old St Paul's Cathedral]], are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died. *[[1697]] – [[War of the Grand Alliance]] : A French warship commanded by Captain [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]] defeated an English squadron at the [[Battle of Hudson's Bay]]. *[[1698]] – In an effort to Westernize his nobility, [[Tsar]] [[Peter I of Russia]] imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry. *[[1725]] – Wedding of [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]] and [[Maria Leszczyńska]]. *[[1774]] – [[First Continental Congress|First]] [[Continental Congress]] assembles in [[Philadelphia]]. *[[1781]] – [[Battle of the Chesapeake]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]]: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the [[Siege of Yorktown|British surrender at Yorktown]]. *[[1791]] – [[Olympe de Gouges]] writes the [[Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen]]. *[[1793]] – [[French Revolution]]: The [[French National Convention]] initiates the [[Reign of Terror]]. *[[1798]] – [[Conscription]] is made mandatory in France by the [[Jourdan law]]. *[[1812]] – [[War of 1812]]: The [[Siege of Fort Wayne]] begins when Chief [[Winamac]]'s forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses. *[[1816]] – [[Louis XVIII of France|Louis XVIII]] has to dissolve the [[Chambre introuvable]] ("Unobtainable Chamber"). *[[1836]] – [[Sam Houston]] is elected as the first president of the [[Republic of Texas]]. *[[1839]] – The United Kingdom declares [[First Opium War|war]] on the [[Qing dynasty]] of China. *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Army of Northern Virginia]] crosses the [[Potomac River]] at [[White's Ford]] in the [[Maryland Campaign]]. *[[1877]] – [[American Indian Wars]]: [[Oglala Lakota|Oglala Sioux]] [[Tribal chief|chief]] [[Crazy Horse]] is [[bayonet]]ed by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at [[Fort Robinson]] in [[Nebraska]]. *[[1882]] – The first United States [[Labor Day]] parade is held in New York City. *[[1887]] – A [[Exeter Theatre Royal fire|fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter]] kills 186, making it the UK's deadliest ever building fire.<ref>{{cite book|title=Theatre Notebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e543AAAAIAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Society for Theatre Research|page=153}}</ref><ref name=lloyd>{{cite web|title=Theatres in Exeter, Devonshire|url=http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/ExeterTheatres.htm|last=Lloyd|first=Matthew}}</ref><ref name=candle>{{cite book|last=Delderfield|first=Eric R|title=Cavalcade by Candlelight: History of Exeter's Theatres, 1725–1950|year=1950|publisher=ERD Books|isbn=9780900345128}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – [[Russo-Japanese War]]: In [[New Hampshire]], United States, the [[Treaty of Portsmouth]], mediated by U.S. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], ends the war. *[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: [[First Battle of the Marne]] begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital. *[[1915]] – The pacifist [[Zimmerwald Conference]] begins. *[[1932]] – The [[French Upper Volta]] is broken apart between [[Ivory Coast]], [[French Sudan]], and [[Niger]]. *[[1937]] – [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Llanes]] falls to the [[Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)|Nationalists]] following a one-day siege. *[[1938]] – [[Chile]]: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist [[National Socialist Movement of Chile]] are [[Seguro Obrero massacre|executed after surrendering]] during a failed coup. *[[1941]] – Whole territory of [[German occupation of the Baltic states during World War II|Estonia is occupied]] by Nazi Germany. *[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at [[Battle of Milne Bay|Milne Bay]], the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the [[Pacific War]]. *[[1943]] – World War II: The [[503rd Infantry Regiment|503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment]] lands and occupies [[Lae Nadzab Airport]], near [[Lae]] in the [[Salamaua–Lae campaign]]. *[[1944]] – Belgium, Netherlands and [[Luxembourg]] constitute [[Benelux]]. *[[1945]] – [[Cold War]]: [[Igor Gouzenko]], a [[Soviet Union]] embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War. * 1945 – [[Iva Toguri D'Aquino]], a [[Japanese American]] suspected of being wartime radio propagandist [[Tokyo Rose]], is arrested in [[Yokohama]]. *[[1948]] – In France, [[Robert Schuman]] becomes [[President of the Council of Ministers|President of the Council]] while being [[Foreign minister]]; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II. *[[1954]] – [[KLM Flight 633]] crashes into the [[River Shannon]] in [[Shannon, County Clare]], [[Ireland]], killing 28.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1049C-55-81 Super Constellation PH-LKY Shannon Airport (SNN)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19540905-0|access-date=2021-09-04|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Cuban Revolution]]: [[Fulgencio Batista]] bombs the revolt in [[Cienfuegos]]. *[[1960]] – Poet [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]] is the first elected [[President of Senegal]]. * 1960 – [[Muhammad Ali]] (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the [[Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics|light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games]] in Rome. *[[1969]] – [[Mỹ Lai massacre|Mỹ Lai Massacre]]: U.S. Army [[Lieutenant]] [[William Calley]] is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 [[Vietnam]]ese civilians in [[My Lai]]. *[[1970]] – [[Vietnam War]]: [[Operation Jefferson Glenn]] begins: The [[101st Airborne Division|United States 101st Airborne Division]] and the [[South Vietnam]]ese [[1st Division (South Vietnam)|1st Infantry Division]] initiate a new operation in [[Huế|Thừa Thiên–Huế Province]]. *[[1972]] – [[Munich massacre]]: A [[Palestinian terrorist]] group called "[[Black September Organization|Black September]]" attacks and takes hostage 11 [[Israel]]i athletes at the [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich Olympic Games]]. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day. *[[1975]] – [[Sacramento, California]]: [[Lynette Fromme]] [[Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in Sacramento|attempts to assassinate]] U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]]. *[[1977]] – [[Voyager Program]]: [[NASA]] launches the ''[[Voyager 1]]'' spacecraft. *[[1978]] – [[Camp David Accords]]: [[Menachem Begin]] and [[Anwar Sadat]] begin peace discussions at [[Camp David|Camp David, Maryland]]. *[[1980]] – The [[Gotthard Road Tunnel]] opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at {{convert|10.14|miles|km}} stretching from [[Göschenen]] to [[Airolo]]. *[[1981]] – The first women arrive at what becomes [[Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp]] in the UK.<ref name="CND">{{cite web |last1=Muir |first1=Michael |title=30th anniversary of foundation of Greenham Common Women's peace camp |url=https://cnduk.org/30th-anniversary-foundation-greenham-common-womens-peace-camp/ |access-date=3 September 2022 |date=30 August 2011}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[STS-41-D]]: The [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] lands after its maiden voyage. * 1984 – [[Western Australia]] becomes the last Australian state to abolish [[capital punishment]]. *[[1986]] – [[Pan Am Flight 73]] from [[Mumbai]], [[India]] with 358 people on board is [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacked]] at [[Karachi International Airport]]. *[[1990]] – [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]]: Sri Lankan Army soldiers [[Eastern University massacre|slaughter]] 158 civilians. *[[1991]] – The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, [[Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989]], comes into force. *[[1996]] – [[Hurricane Fran]] makes landfall near [[Cape Fear (headland)|Cape Fear]], [[North Carolina]] as a [[Tropical cyclone|Category 3]] storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people. *[[2005]] – [[Mandala Airlines Flight 091]] crashes after takeoff from [[Soewondo Air Force Base|Polonia International Airport]] in [[Medan]], Indonesia, killing 149.<ref name="ASN">{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-230 PK-RIM Medan-Polonia Airport (MES) |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20050905-0 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[2012]] – An [[2012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosion|accidental explosion]] at a Turkish Army ammunition store in [[Afyonkarahisar|Afyon]], western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others. *[[2021]] – The President of Guinea, [[Alpha Condé]] is captured by armed forces during a [[2021 Guinean coup d'état|coup d'état]].<ref>{{citation|title= Guinea coup attempt: Soldiers claim to seize power from Alpha Condé|first=|publisher=[[BBC]]|year=2021|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58453778.amp}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Liz Truss]] is declared the winner of the [[July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election|UK Conservative Party leadership election]], beating [[Rishi Sunak]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58575895|title=Who is Liz Truss? From teenage Lib Dem to Tory PM|work=BBC News |date=15 September 2021 |access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref> * 2022 – At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a [[2022 Luding earthquake|magnitude 6.8 earthquake]] strikes [[Sichuan]], China.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death Toll From Western China Earthquake Rises to 93 |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/death-toll-from-western-china-earthquake-rises-to-93/6744687.html |access-date=16 October 2022 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Voice of America |date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
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