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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[AD 70|70]] – After the capture of [[Herod's Palace (Jerusalem)|Herod's Palace]] the previous day, a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] army under [[Titus]] [[Siege of Jerusalem (AD 70)|secures and plunders]] the city of [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spence C.|title=Great Sieges in World History: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2021|isbn=9781440868023|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RwPHEAAAQBAJ|page=26}}</ref> * [[617]] – [[Battle of Huoyi]]: [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang|Li Yuan]] defeats a [[Sui dynasty]] army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital [[Chang'an]] and the eventual establishment of the [[Tang dynasty]]. *[[1100]] – Election of [[Antipope Theodoric]]. *[[1198]] – [[Philip of Swabia]], Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans) *[[1253]] – [[Pope Innocent IV]] canonises [[Stanislaus of Szczepanów]], killed by King [[Bolesław II the Generous|Bolesław II]]. *[[1264]] – The [[Statute of Kalisz]], guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving ''[[Beth din|battei din]]'' jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by [[Bolesław the Pious]], Duke of Greater Poland. *[[1276]] – [[Pope John XXI]] is elected Pope. *[[1331]] – [[Stefan Dušan]] declares himself king of Serbia. *[[1334]] – The [[Battle of Adramyttion (1334)|Battle of Adramyttion]] begins in which a [[Holy League (1332)|Christian naval league]] defeats a Turkish fleet in several encounters.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carr |first1=Mike |title=Merchant Crusaders in the Aegean, 1291–1352 |date=2015 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-1-84383-990-3 |page=73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vAU3CwAAQBAJ |access-date=2 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1380]] – [[Battle of Kulikovo]]: Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance. *[[1504]] – Michelangelo's [[David (Michelangelo)|''David'']] is unveiled in [[Piazza della Signoria]] in Florence. *[[1514]] – [[Battle of Orsha]]: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army. *[[1522]] – [[Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation]]: [[Victoria (ship)|''Victoria'']] arrives at Seville, completing the first circumnavigation. *[[1565]] – [[St. Augustine, Florida]] is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, [[Pedro Menéndez de Avilés]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1655]] – [[Warsaw]] falls without resistance to a small force under the command of [[Charles X Gustav of Sweden]] during [[Deluge (history)|The Deluge]], making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army. *[[1727]] – A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of [[Burwell, Cambridgeshire|Burwell]] in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children. *[[1755]] – [[French and Indian War]]: [[Battle of Lake George]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Times |first=Harold Faber Special to The New York |date=1975-03-23 |title=Lake George War Breaks Out Between Residents and Army |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/23/archives/lake-george-war-breaks-out-between-residents-and-army.html |access-date=2021-10-05 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1756]] – French and Indian War: [[Kittanning Expedition]]. *[[1760]] – French and Indian War: [[Montreal Campaign|French surrender Montreal]] to the British, completing the latter's [[Conquest of New France (1758–1760)|conquest of New France]].<ref name="WHA">{{cite book |last1=Atherton |first1=William Henry |title=Under British rule, 1760–1914 Volume 2 of Montreal, 1535–1914 |date=1914 |publisher=S. J. Clarke |pages=3–4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=80E4AQAAMAAJ}}</ref> *[[1761]] – Marriage of King [[George III of the United Kingdom]] to Duchess [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]. *[[1775]] – The unsuccessful [[Rising of the Priests]] in Malta. *[[1781]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Battle of Eutaw Springs]] in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the [[Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War|Southern theater]], ends in a narrow British tactical victory. *[[1793]] – [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Battle of Hondschoote (1793)|Battle of Hondschoote]]. *[[1796]] – French Revolutionary Wars: [[Battle of Bassano]]: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa. *[[1808]] – The [[Treaty of Paris (1808)|Treaty of Paris]] is signed ending the French military occupation of [[Prussia]].<ref>Broers, Michael, Hicks, Peter & Guimera, Agustin. ''The Napoleonic Empire and the New European Political Culture''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. P.187</ref> *[[1810]] – The ''[[Tonquin (1807)|Tonquin]]'' sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created [[Pacific Fur Company]] on board. *[[1813]] – At the final stage of the [[Peninsular War]], British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now [[San Sebastián]]), resulting in a [[Siege of San Sebastián|rampage and eventual destruction]] of the town.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Watson |first1=Bruce |title=When Soldiers Quit: Studies in Military Disintegration |date=1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-275-95223-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S6rbyJajMowC |page=80}}</ref> *[[1819]] – [[1819 Balloon riot]] occurred at Vauxhall Garden in Philadelphia, PA and resulted in the destruction of the amusement park.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jackson |first1=Joseph |title=Vauxhall Garden |journal=The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography |date=1933 |volume=LVII |issue=4 |page=294 |url=https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/download/28291/28047/0 |access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref> *[[1831]] – [[William IV of the United Kingdom|William IV]] and [[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen]] are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. * 1831 – [[November uprising]]: The [[Battle of Warsaw (1831)|Battle of Warsaw]] effectively ends the Polish insurrection. *[[1855]] – [[Crimean War]]: The French [[battle of Malakoff|assault the tower of Malakoff]], leading to the capture of [[Sevastopol]].<ref name=CE1>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aORoAAAAMAAJ ''The Crimean War: A Clash of Empires'' by Ian Fletcher & Natalia Ishchenko]</ref> *[[1860]] – The [[steamship]] {{ship|PS|Lady Elgin}} sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives. *[[1862]] – [[Millennium of Russia]] monument is unveiled in Novgorod. *[[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: In the [[Second Battle of Sabine Pass]], a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas. *[[1883]] – The [[Northern Pacific Railway]] (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries. *[[1888]] – [[Peral Submarine|Isaac Peral's submarine]] is first tested. * 1888 – [[Patagonian sheep farming boom|The Great Herding]] ({{langx|es|El Gran Arreo}}) begins with thousands of sheep being herded from the Argentine outpost of [[General Conesa, Río Negro|Fortín Conesa]] to [[Santa Cruz Province, Argentina|Santa Cruz]] near the [[Strait of Magellan]].<ref name=Guzman2007>{{Cite news|title=Rincón gaucho. Un arreo que extendió la frontera ganadera|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/economia/campo/un-arreo-que-extendio-la-frontera-ganadera-nid888030/|last=Guzmán|first=Yuyú|date=March 3, 2007|access-date=January 20, 2021|work=[[La Nación]]}}</ref> * 1888 – In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, [[Annie Chapman]], is found. * 1888 – In England, the first six [[English Football League|Football League]] matches are played. *[[1892]] – The [[Pledge of Allegiance (United States)|Pledge of Allegiance]] is first recited. *[[1898]] – Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are [[Candia massacre|killed]] by a Turkish mob.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rodogno|first1=Davide|title=Against Massacre: Humanitarian Interventions in the Ottoman Empire, 1815–1914|date=2012|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0691151335|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FgVlwtgT2QoC&pg=PA332|language=en}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[1900 Galveston hurricane|Galveston hurricane]]: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people. ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – The 7.2 {{M|w}} [[1905 Calabria earthquake|Calabria earthquake]] shakes southern Italy with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XI (''Extreme''), killing between 557 and 2,500 people. *[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: Private [[Thomas Highgate]] becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war. *[[1916]] – In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, [[Van Buren sisters|Augusta and Adeline Van Buren]] arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles. *[[1921]] – [[Margaret Gorman]], a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first [[Miss America]]. *[[1923]] – [[Honda Point disaster]]: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed. *[[1925]] – [[Rif War]]: Spanish forces including troops from the [[Spanish Legion|Foreign Legion]] under Colonel [[Francisco Franco]] landing at [[Al Hoceima|Al Hoceima, Morocco]]. *[[1926]] – [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] is admitted to the [[League of Nations]]. *[[1933]] – [[Ghazi of Iraq|Ghazi bin Faisal]] became King of Iraq. *[[1934]] – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner {{SS|Morro Castle|1930|6}} kills 137 people. *[[1935]] – US Senator from Louisiana [[Huey Long]] is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building. *[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: German forces begin the [[Siege of Leningrad]]. *[[1943]] – World War II: The [[Armistice of Cassibile]] is proclaimed by radio. ''[[OB Süd]]'' immediately implements plans to [[Operation Achse|disarm the Italian forces]]. *[[1944]] – World War II: London is hit by a [[V-2 rocket]] for the first time. *[[1945]] – The [[division of Korea]] begins when United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier. *[[1946]] – A referendum [[Bulgarian republic referendum, 1946|abolishes the monarchy]] in Bulgaria. *[[1952]] – The [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the [[Boyd Gang]]. *[[1954]] – The [[Southeast Asia Treaty Organization]] (SEATO) is established. *[[1960]] – In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the [[Marshall Space Flight Center]] ([[NASA]] had already activated the facility on July 1). *[[1962]] – Last run of the famous ''[[Pines Express]]'' over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, [[BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star|BR Standard Class 9F 92220 ''Evening Star'']]. *[[1966]] – The landmark American science fiction television series [[Star Trek: The Original Series|''Star Trek'']] premieres with its first-aired episode, "[[The Man Trap]]". *[[1970]] – [[Trans International Airlines Flight 863]] crashes during takeoff from [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in [[New York City]], killing all 11 aboard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700908-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF N4863T New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref> *[[1971]] – In Washington, D.C., the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's ''[[Mass (Bernstein)|Mass]]''. *[[1973]] – [[World Airways Flight 802]] crashes into [[Mount Dutton]] in [[King Cove, Alaska]], killing six people.<ref name="NTSB report">{{cite report |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7406.pdf |title=Aircraft Accident Report, World Airways, Inc., DC-8-63F, N802WA, King Cove, Alaska, September 8, 1973 |date=May 8, 1974 |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |id=NTSB-AAR-74-6 |access-date=11 November 2016 |accessdate=}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Watergate scandal]]: US President Gerald Ford signs the [[pardon of Richard Nixon]] for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office. *[[1975]] – [[Sexual orientation and gender identity in military service|Gays in the military]]: US Air Force Tech Sergeant [[Leonard Matlovich]], a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of ''Time'' magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable. *[[1978]] – [[Black Friday (1978)|Black Friday]], a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran. *[[1986]] – [[Nicholas Daniloff]], a correspondent for ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', is indicted on charges of [[espionage]] by the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/09/08/daniloff-is-indicted-as-spy-by-soviets/bcb6e0be-da93-41d4-a9b6-484b2b3f49af/| title = Daniloff Is Indicted As Spy by Soviets| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> *[[1988]] – Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to [[Yellowstone fires of 1988|ongoing fires]]. *[[1989]] – [[Partnair Flight 394]] dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade. *[[1994]] – [[USAir Flight 427]], on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard, resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry. *[[2000]] – NASA launches [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] on [[STS-106]] to resupply the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=STS-106 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-106/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=NASA}}</ref> *[[2004]] – NASA's uncrewed spacecraft ''[[Genesis (spacecraft)|Genesis]]'' crash-lands when its parachute fails to open. *[[2005]] – Two [[Ilyushin Il-76]] aircraft from [[EMERCOM]] land at a disaster aid staging area at [[Little Rock Air Force Base]]; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America. *[[2016]] – NASA launches [[OSIRIS-REx]], its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe visited [[101955 Bennu]] and returned with samples in September 2023. *[[2017]] – [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] (SDF) announce the beginning of the [[Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019)|Deir ez-Zor campaign]], with the stated aim of eliminating the [[Islamic State]] (IS) from all areas north and east of the [[Euphrates]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.hawarnews.com/mdc-declared-al-jazeera-tempest-campaign/ |title=MDC declared "al-Jazeera Tempest" campaign |work=[[Hawar News Agency]] |date=9 September 2017 |access-date=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111213405/http://en.hawarnews.com/mdc-declared-al-jazeera-tempest-campaign/ |archive-date=11 November 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/29622.html |title=U.S.-backed SDF launches operation in Deir al-Zor: statement |author=John Davison |work=Zaman al-Wasl |date=9 September 2017|access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] of the United Kingdom [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|dies]] at [[Balmoral Castle]] in Scotland after reigning for 70 years. Her son Charles, Prince of Wales, ascends the throne upon her death as [[Charles III]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1567928275913121792 |date=8 September 2022 |access-date=10 September 2022|title=The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.|website=Twitter|author=The Royal Family}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Daniel Capurro & Hannah Furness |title=King Charles III: The history behind the regnal name |author1-link=King Charles III: The history behind the regnal name |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/08/king-charles-iii-history-behind-regnal-name/ |website=The Telegraph |access-date=10 September 2022 |date=9 September 2022}}</ref> *[[2023]] – A [[2023 Al Haouz earthquake|magnitude 6.9 earthquake]] strikes Morocco, killing nearly 3,000 people and damaging historic sites in [[Marrakesh]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cordall |first1=Simon Speakman |title=Morocco's Marrakesh is awakening slowly from the earthquake damage |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/3/14/moroccos-marrakech-is-awakening-slowly-from-the-earthquake-damage |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=Al Jazeera |date=14 March 2024}}</ref> *2023 – The [[2023 Rugby World Cup]], the tenth men's [[Rugby World Cup]] is held in [[France]]. The opening ceremony, directed and written by [[Jean Dujardin]], Olivier Ferracci and Nora Matthey, took place at the [[Stade de France]] in [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], before the opening match between [[France national rugby union team|France]] and [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]], which saw the host nation winning 27 to 13.<ref>{{cite news|title=France beat 'beautiful and fabulous' New Zealand 27-13 in opener |url=https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2023/news/855533/post-match-review-report-flash-potm-coach |access-date=9 September 2023}}</ref>
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