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  • Osnabrück County, Lower Saxony (Present-Day in Germany)
    Sep, 9
    Roman Empire

    Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

    Osnabrück County, Lower Saxony (Present-Day in Germany)
    Sep, 9

    The Illyrian tribes revolted and had to be crushed, and three full legions under the command of Publius Quinctilius Varus were ambushed and destroyed at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9 by Germanic tribes led by Arminius.




  • Rome
    Wednesday Sep 17, 14
    Roman Empire

    Tiberius's reign

    Rome
    Wednesday Sep 17, 14

    The early years of Tiberius's reign were relatively peaceful. Tiberius secured the overall power of Rome and enriched its treasury. However, his rule soon became characterized by paranoia. He began a series of treason trials and executions, which continued until his death in 37.




  • Rome
    Sunday Sep 14, 81
    Roman Empire

    Domitian

    Rome
    Sunday Sep 14, 81

    Titus' brother Domitian succeeded him. Having exceedingly poor relations with the Senate, Domitian was murdered in September 96.




  • Rome
    Tuesday Sep 18, 96
    Roman Empire

    Nerva

    Rome
    Tuesday Sep 18, 96

    On 18 September 96, Domitian was assassinated in a palace conspiracy involving members of the Praetorian Guard and several of his freedmen. On the same day, Nerva was declared emperor by the Roman Senate. As the new ruler of the Roman Empire, he vowed to restore liberties that had been curtailed during the autocratic government of Domitian.




  • Transylvania, Romania
    Sep, 101
    Roman Empire

    Second Battle of Tapae

    Transylvania, Romania
    Sep, 101

    Upon his accession to the throne, Trajan prepared and launched a carefully planned military invasion in Dacia, a region north of the lower Danube whose inhabitants the Dacians had long been an opponent to Rome. In 101, Trajan personally crossed the Danube and defeated the armies of the Dacian king Decebalus at the Battle of Tapae.




  • Han, China
    Monday Sep 28, 189
    Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)

    Dong Zhuo deposed Liu Bian as emperor and appointed his brother Emperor Xian of Han

    Han, China
    Monday Sep 28, 189

    The Han general Dong Zhuo deposed Liu Bian as emperor and appointed his brother Emperor Xian of Han in his stead.




  • Tong Pass (Present-Day Tongguan County, Shaanxi, China)
    Sep, 211
    Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)

    Battle of Tong Pass

    Tong Pass (Present-Day Tongguan County, Shaanxi, China)
    Sep, 211

    Cao Cao defeated an alliance of anti-Han rebels in modern Tongguan County, securing his control over Guanzhong.


  • Moesia
    Sep, 249
    Roman Empire

    Decius was proclaimed emperor

    Moesia
    Sep, 249

    Overwhelmed by the number of invasions and usurpers, Philip offered to resign, but the Senate decided to throw its support behind the emperor, with a certain Gaius Messius Quintus Decius most vocal of all the senators. Philip was so impressed by his support that he dispatched Decius to the region with a special command encompassing all of the Pannonian and Moesian provinces. This had a dual purpose of both quelling the rebellion of Pacatianus as well as dealing with the barbarian incursions. Although Decius managed to quell the revolt, discontent in the legions was growing. Decius was proclaimed emperor by the Danubian armies in the spring of 249 and immediately marched on Rome.


  • Verona, Italy, Roman Empire
    Sep, 249
    Roman Empire

    Philip was killed

    Verona, Italy, Roman Empire
    Sep, 249

    Although Decius tried to come to terms with Philip, Philip's army met the usurper near modern Verona that summer. Decius easily won the battle and Philip was killed sometime in September 249, either in the fighting or assassinated by his own soldiers who were eager to please the new ruler. Philip's eleven-year-old son and heir may have been killed with his father and Priscus disappeared without a trace.


  • Spoletium, Italy, Roman Empire
    Sep, 253
    Roman Empire

    Aemilian died

    Spoletium, Italy, Roman Empire
    Sep, 253

    Valerian, governor of the Rhine provinces, was on his way south with an army which, according to Zosimus, had been called in as reinforcement by Gallus. But modern historians believe this army, possibly mobilized for an incumbent campaign in the East, moved only after Gallus' death to support Valerian's bid for power. Emperor Aemilian's men, fearful of civil war and Valerian's larger force, mutinied. They killed Aemilian at Spoletium or at the Sanguinarium bridge, between Oriculum and Narnia (halfway between Spoletium and Rome), and recognized Valerian as the new emperor.


  • Mediolanum (Present-Day Milan, Italy)
    Sep, 268
    Roman Empire

    Gallienus died

    Mediolanum (Present-Day Milan, Italy)
    Sep, 268

    Cecropius, commander of the Dalmatians, spread the word that the forces of Aureolus were leaving the city, and Gallienus left his tent without his bodyguard, only to be struck down by Cecropius. According to Aurelius Victor and Zonaras, on hearing the news that Gallienus was dead, the Senate in Rome ordered the execution of his family (including his brother Valerianus and son Marinianus) and their supporters, just before receiving a message from Claudius to spare their lives and deify his predecessor.


  • Rome
    Sep, 268
    Roman Empire

    Claudius Gothicus was chosen by the army

    Rome
    Sep, 268

    Whichever story is true, Gallienus was killed in the summer of 268, and Claudius was chosen by the army outside of Milan to succeed him. Accounts tell of people hearing the news of the new emperor and reacting by murdering Gallienus' family members until Claudius declared he would respect the memory of his predecessor. Claudius had the deceased emperor deified and buried in a family tomb on the Appian Way. The traitor Aureolus was not treated with the same reverence, as he was killed by his besiegers after a failed attempt to surrender.


  • Caenophrurium, Thrace
    Sep, 275
    Roman Empire

    Aurelian died

    Caenophrurium, Thrace
    Sep, 275

    However, Aurelian never reached Persia, as he was murdered while waiting in Thrace to cross into Asia Minor. As an administrator, he had been strict and had handed out severe punishments to corrupt officials or soldiers. A secretary of his (called Eros by Zosimus) had told a lie on a minor issue. In fear of what the emperor might do, he forged a document listing the names of high officials marked by the emperor for execution and showed it to collaborators. The notarius Mucapor and other high-ranking officers of the Praetorian Guard, fearing punishment from the emperor, murdered him in September 275, in Caenophrurium, Thrace. Aurelian's enemies in the Senate briefly succeeded in passing damnatio memoriae on the emperor, but this was reversed before the end of the year, and Aurelian, like his predecessor Claudius II, was deified as Divus Aurelianus.


  • Roman Empire
    Saturday Sep 25, 275
    Roman Empire

    Tacitus

    Roman Empire
    Saturday Sep 25, 275

    Tacitus, after ascertaining the sincerity of the Senate's regard for him, accepted their nomination on 25 September 275, and the choice was cordially ratified by the army. This was the last time the Senate elected a Roman Emperor.


  • Tarsus, Cilicia
    Sep, 276
    Roman Empire

    Florian died

    Tarsus, Cilicia
    Sep, 276

    Florian led his troops to Cilicia and billeted his forces in Tarsus. However many of his troops, who were unaccustomed to the hot climate of the area, fell ill due to a summer heatwave. Upon learning of this, Probus launched raids around the city, in order to weaken the morale of Florian's forces. This strategy was successful, and Florian lost control of his army, which in September rose up against him and killed him. In total, Florian's reign lasted less than three months.


  • Roman Empire
    Sep, 282
    Roman Empire

    Marcus Aurelius Carus

    Roman Empire
    Sep, 282

    Carus was apparently a senator and filled various posts, both civil and military, before being appointed prefect of the Praetorian Guard by the emperor Probus in 282. Two traditions surround his accession to the throne in August or September of 282. According to some mostly Latin sources, he was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers after the murder of Probus by a mutiny at Sirmium. Greek sources however claim that he rose against Probus in Raetia in usurpation and had him killed. Bestowing the title of Caesar upon his sons Carinus and Numerian, he left Carinus in charge of the western portion of the empire to look after some disturbances in Gaul and took Numerian with him on an expedition against the Persians, which had been contemplated by Probus.


  • Sirmium (Present-Day Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia)
    Sep, 282
    Roman Empire

    Probus died

    Sirmium (Present-Day Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia)
    Sep, 282

    Probus was eager to start his eastern campaign, delayed by the revolts in the west. He left Rome in 282, traveling first towards Sirmium, his birth city. Different accounts of Probus's death exist. According to Joannes Zonaras, the commander of the Praetorian Guard Marcus Aurelius Carus had been proclaimed, more or less unwillingly, emperor by his troops. Probus sent some troops against the new usurper, but when those troops changed sides and supported Carus, Probus' remaining soldiers assassinated him at Sirmium (September/October 282). According to other sources, however, Probus was killed by disgruntled soldiers, who rebelled against his orders to be employed for civic purposes, like draining marshes. Allegedly, the soldiers were provoked when they overheard him lamenting the necessity of a standing army. Carus was proclaimed emperor after Probus' death and avenged the murder of his predecessor.


  • Chrysopolis, near Chalcedon, Roman Empire (Present-Day Chalcedon, Turkey)
    Thursday Sep 18, 324
    Roman Empire

    Battle of Chrysopolis

    Chrysopolis, near Chalcedon, Roman Empire (Present-Day Chalcedon, Turkey)
    Thursday Sep 18, 324

    The defeat of the superior fleet of Licinius in the Battle of the Hellespont by Crispus, Constantine's eldest son and Caesar, compelled his withdrawal to Bithynia, where the last stand was made; the Battle of Chrysopolis, near Chalcedon (18 September), resulted in Licinius' final submission.


  • Byzantine Empire (now Turkey)
    Sep, 458
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    458 Antioch Earthquake

    Byzantine Empire (now Turkey)
    Sep, 458

    458 Antioch earthquake occurred in September 458 in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey), there were an estimated 80,000 deaths.


  • Byzantine Empire (now Turkey)
    Sunday Sep 30, 587
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    587 Antioch Earthquake

    Byzantine Empire (now Turkey)
    Sunday Sep 30, 587

    587 Antioch earthquake occurred on September 30, 587 in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey), there were an estimated 60,000 deaths.


  • Abbasid Caliphate (now Syria)
    Sunday Sep 18, 844
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    844 Damascus Earthquake

    Abbasid Caliphate (now Syria)
    Sunday Sep 18, 844

    844 Damascus earthquake occurred on September 18, 844, in Abbasid Caliphate (now Syria), there were an estimated 50,000 deaths.


  • Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia
    Sep, 997
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1997 Indonesian Forest Fires

    Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia
    Sep, 997

    The 1997 group of forest fires in Indonesia that lasted well into 1998 were probably among the two or three, if not the largest, forest fires group in the last two centuries of recorded history. In the middle of 1997 forest fires burning in Indonesia began to affect neighbouring countries, spreading thick clouds of smoke and haze to Malaysia and Singapore. A total of 240 people perished in the wildfires.


  • Worms, Germany
    Sep, 1122
    Holy Roman Empire

    Concordat of Worms

    Worms, Germany
    Sep, 1122

    Henry managed to defeat him but was subsequently confronted with more uprisings, renewed excommunication, and even the rebellion of his sons. After his death, his second son, Henry V, reached an agreement with the Pope and the bishops in the 1122 Concordat of Worms.


  • Lake Beyşehir
    Friday Sep 17, 1176
    Byzantine Empire

    Battle of Myriokephalon

    Lake Beyşehir
    Friday Sep 17, 1176

    In the east, however, Manuel suffered a major defeat in 1176 at the Battle of Myriokephalon, against the Turks. Yet the losses were quickly recovered, and in the following year Manuel's forces inflicted a defeat upon a force of "picked Turks".


  • Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
    Wednesday Sep 24, 1180
    Byzantine Empire

    11-year-old Emperor

    Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
    Wednesday Sep 24, 1180

    Manuel's death on 24 September 1180 left his 11-year-old son Alexios II Komnenos on the throne. Alexios was highly incompetent in the office, and his mother, Maria of Antioch's Frankish background, made his regency unpopular.


  • Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
    Saturday Sep 24, 1183
    Byzantine Empire

    Andronikos I Komnenos

    Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
    Saturday Sep 24, 1183

    After eliminating his potential rivals, Andronikos I Komnenos had himself crowned as co-emperor in September 1183. He eliminated Alexios II and took his 12-year-old wife Agnes of France for himself.


  • Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
    Thursday Sep 12, 1185
    Byzantine Empire

    Andronikos I Komnenos was finally overthrown

    Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
    Thursday Sep 12, 1185

    Andronikos I Komnenos was finally overthrown when Isaac Angelos, surviving an imperial assassination attempt, seized power with the aid of the people and had Andronikos killed.


  • Arsuf
    Saturday Sep 7, 1191
    Crusades

    Battle of Arsuf

    Arsuf
    Saturday Sep 7, 1191

    Richard moved south, defeating Saladin's forces at the Battle of Arsuf on 7 September 1191.


  • Jaffa
    Wednesday Sep 2, 1192
    Crusades

    Treaty of Jaffa

    Jaffa
    Wednesday Sep 2, 1192

    On 2 September 1192 Richard and Saladin entered into the Treaty of Jaffa, providing that Jerusalem would remain under Muslim control while allowing unarmed Christian pilgrims and traders to freely visit the city. This treaty ended the Third Crusade.


  • Messina, Holy Roman Empire
    Sunday Sep 28, 1197
    Crusades

    Henry VI died

    Messina, Holy Roman Empire
    Sunday Sep 28, 1197

    Henry VI launched the Crusade of 1197. While his forces were en route to the Holy Land, Henry VI died in Messina on 28 September 1197. The nobles that remained captured the Levant coast between Tyre and Tripoli before returning to Germany. The Crusade ended on 1 July 1198 after capturing Sidon and Beirut.


  • Basel, Holy Roman Empire
    Wednesday Sep 26, 1212
    Holy Roman Empire

    Golden Bull of Sicily

    Basel, Holy Roman Empire
    Wednesday Sep 26, 1212

    The Kingdom of Bohemia was a significant regional power during the Middle Ages. In 1212, King Ottokar I (bearing the title "king" since 1198) extracted a Golden Bull of Sicily (a formal edict) from the emperor Frederick II, confirming the royal title for Ottokar and his descendants and the Duchy of Bohemia was raised to a kingdom. Bohemian kings would be exempt from all future obligations to the Holy Roman Empire except for participation in the imperial councils. Charles IV set Prague to be the seat of the Holy Roman Emperor.


  • Ayn Jalut, Galilee
    Friday Sep 3, 1260
    Crusades

    Battle of Ain Jalut

    Ayn Jalut, Galilee
    Friday Sep 3, 1260

    The threat presented by an invasion by the Mongols led to Qutuz seizing the sultanate in 1259 and uniting with another faction led by Baibars to defeat the Mongols at Ain Jalut. The Mamluks then quickly gained control of Damascus and Aleppo before Qutuz was assassinated, most probably by Baibers.


  • Ayn Jalut
    Friday Sep 3, 1260
    Mamluks

    Battle of Ain Jalut

    Ayn Jalut
    Friday Sep 3, 1260

    Battle was fought between the Bahri Mamluks of Egypt and the Mongol Empire on 3 September 1260. The battle ended in a Mongol rout and Kitbuqa's capture and execution. Afterward, the Mamluks proceeded to recapture Damascus and the other Syrian cities taken by the Mongols.


  • Mongol Empire (now China)
    Wednesday Sep 27, 1290
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1290 Chihli Earthquake

    Mongol Empire (now China)
    Wednesday Sep 27, 1290

    The 1290 Chihli earthquake occurred on 27 September with an epicenter near Ningcheng, Zhongshu Sheng (Zhili or Chihli), Yuan Empire. The earthquake had an estimated surface wave magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum felt intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. One estimate places the death toll at 7,270, while another has it at 100,000.


  • Mongol Empire (now China)
    Tuesday Sep 25, 1303
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1303 Hongdong Earthquake

    Mongol Empire (now China)
    Tuesday Sep 25, 1303

    The 1303 Hongdong earthquake occurred in China, then part of the Mongol Empire, on September 25. The shock was estimated to have a magnitude of 8.0 and it had a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). With catastrophic damage, it was one of the deadliest recorded earthquakes of all time. In Taiyuan and Pingyang, nearly 100,000 houses collapsed and over 200,000 people died from collapsing buildings and loess caves in a similar manner to the situation that would be experienced 253 years later in the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (陕西).


  • Cairo, Egypt
    Sep, 1346
    Mamluks

    Al-Malik al-Muzaffar was the Bahri Mamluk sultan in September 1346

    Cairo, Egypt
    Sep, 1346

    Al-Muzaffar Sayf ad-Din Hajji ibn Muhammad ibn Qalawun, better known as al-Muzaffar Hajji, was the Bahri Mamluk sultan of Egypt. He was also the sixth son of an-Nasir Muhammad.


  • Nicopolis, Ottoman Empire
    Sunday Sep 25, 1396
    Ottoman Empire

    Battle of Nicopolis

    Nicopolis, Ottoman Empire
    Sunday Sep 25, 1396

    The Battle of Nicopolis for the Bulgarian Tsardom of Vidin in 1396, widely regarded as the last large-scale crusade of the Middle Ages, failed to stop the advance of the victorious Ottoman Turks.


  • Cairo, Egypt
    Sunday Sep 9, 1438
    Mamluks

    Sayf ad-Din Jaqmaq was the Mamluk sultan of Egypt in 1438

    Cairo, Egypt
    Sunday Sep 9, 1438

    Sayf ad-Din Jaqmaq was the Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 9 September 1438 to 1 February 1453.


  • Japan
    Monday Sep 19, 1498
    11:00:00 PM
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1498 Meiō Nankaidō Earthquake

    Japan
    Monday Sep 19, 1498
    11:00:00 PM

    The 1498 Nankai earthquake (明応地震 Meiō Jishin) occurred off the coast of Nankaidō, Japan, at about 08:00 local time on 20 September 1498. It had a magnitude estimated at 8.6 Ms and triggered a large tsunami. The death toll associated with this event is uncertain, but between 5,000 and 41,000 casualties were reported.


  • Apostolic Palace, Belvedere Courtyard, Vatican City (then Rome)
    Sep, 1513
    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo spent much of his time living in the Belvedere Courtyard in the Apostolic Palace

    Apostolic Palace, Belvedere Courtyard, Vatican City (then Rome)
    Sep, 1513

    From September 1513 to 1516, Leonardo spent much of his time living in the Belvedere Courtyard in the Apostolic Palace, where Michelangelo and Raphael were both active.


  • Rome, Italy
    Sep, 1513
    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo went to Rome

    Rome, Italy
    Sep, 1513

    In March of that year, Lorenzo de' Medici's son Giovanni assumed the papacy (as Leo X); Leonardo went to Rome that September, where he was received by the pope's brother Giuliano.


  • Vienna
    Friday Sep 27, 1529
    Ottoman Empire

    Suleiman the Magnificent failed to take Vienna

    Vienna
    Friday Sep 27, 1529

    Suleiman the Magnificent then laid siege to Vienna in 1529 but failed to take the city.


  • Malta
    Sunday Sep 23, 1551
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    The Valletta, Malta Tornado

    Malta
    Sunday Sep 23, 1551

    The Grand Harbour of Malta tornado was a tornado that hit the Grand Harbour of Malta on September 23, 1551 with very intense strength. It began as a waterspout killing at least 600 people.


  • Augsburg, Germany, Holy Roman Empire
    Sep, 1555
    Holy Roman Empire

    Peace of Augsburg

    Augsburg, Germany, Holy Roman Empire
    Sep, 1555

    The Peace of Augsburg ended the war in Germany and accepted the existence of Protestantism in the form of Lutheranism, while Calvinism was still not recognized. Anabaptist, Arminian and other minor Protestant communities were also forbidden.


  • Szigetvár, Kingdom of Hungary
    Tuesday Sep 6, 1566
    Ottoman Empire

    Suleiman I died

    Szigetvár, Kingdom of Hungary
    Tuesday Sep 6, 1566

    Suleiman I died of natural causes in his tent during the Siege of Szigetvár in 1566.


  • Italy
    Sep, 1610
    Galileo Galilei

    Galileo observed that Venus exhibited a full set of phases similar to that of the Moon

    Italy
    Sep, 1610

    From September 1610, Galileo observed that Venus exhibited a full set of phases similar to that of the Moon. The heliocentric model of the Solar System developed by Nicolaus Copernicus predicted that all phases would be visible since the orbit of Venus around the Sun would cause its illuminated hemisphere to face the Earth when it was on the opposite side of the Sun and to face away from the Earth when it was on the Earth-side of the Sun.


  • Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
    Saturday Sep 2, 1651
    Ottoman Empire

    Kösem's murder

    Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
    Saturday Sep 2, 1651

    The Sultanate of Women (1533–1656) was a period in which the mothers of young sultans exercised power on behalf of their sons. The most prominent women of this period were Kösem Sultan and her daughter-in-law Turhan Hatice, whose political rivalry culminated in Kösem's murder in 1651.


  • Vienna
    Sunday Sep 12, 1683
    Ottoman Empire

    Battle of Vienna

    Vienna
    Sunday Sep 12, 1683

    This period of renewed assertiveness came to a calamitous end in 1683 when Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha led a huge army to attempt a second Ottoman siege of Vienna in the Great Turkish War of 1683–1699. The final assault being fatally delayed, the Ottoman forces were swept away by allied Habsburg, German, and Polish forces spearheaded by the Polish king John III Sobieski at the Battle of Vienna.


  • Zenta (in modern Serbia)
    Wednesday Sep 11, 1697
    Ottoman Empire

    Defeat at Zenta

    Zenta (in modern Serbia)
    Wednesday Sep 11, 1697

    Mustafa II (1695–1703) led the counterattack of 1695–1696 against the Habsburgs in Hungary but was undone at the disastrous defeat at Zenta (in modern Serbia), 11 September 1697.


  • Belgrade, Habsburg Kingdom of Serbia
    Friday Sep 18, 1739
    Ottoman Empire

    Treaty of Belgrade

    Belgrade, Habsburg Kingdom of Serbia
    Friday Sep 18, 1739

    The Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–1739), which was ended by the Treaty of Belgrade in 1739, resulted in the Ottoman recovery of northern Bosnia, Habsburg Serbia (including Belgrade), Oltenia, and the southern parts of the Banat of Temeswar; but the Empire lost the port of Azov, north of the Crimean Peninsula, to the Russians. After this treaty, the Ottoman Empire was able to enjoy a generation of peace, as Austria and Russia were forced to deal with the rise of Prussia.


  • Ottoman Empire (now Egypt)
    Monday Sep 2, 1754
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1754 Cairo Earthquake

    Ottoman Empire (now Egypt)
    Monday Sep 2, 1754

    1754 Cairo earthquake occurred on September 2, 1754, in Ottoman Empire (now Egypt), there were an estimated 40,000 deaths.


  • The Hague, Netherlands
    Sep, 1765
    Mozart

    First solo concert

    The Hague, Netherlands
    Sep, 1765

    Nannerl was ill with intestinal typhoid as a result, Mozart was forced to play his first ever solo concert. All went well. He also published six violin sonatas. By now, and no doubt with some encouragement from his father, he had already taught himself to play the instrument.


  • Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Friday Sep 12, 1777
    George Washington

    Battle of Brandywine

    Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Friday Sep 12, 1777

    Howe outmaneuvered Washington at the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, and marched unopposed into the nation's capital at Philadelphia. A Patriot attack failed against the British at Germantown in October. Major General Thomas Conway prompted some members of Congress (referred to as the Conway Cabal) to consider removing Washington from command because of the losses incurred at Philadelphia. Washington's supporters resisted and the matter was finally dropped after much deliberation. Once exposed, Conway wrote an apology to Washington, resigned, and returned to France.


  • Salzburg, Austria
    Tuesday Sep 23, 1777
    Mozart

    Leaving home with his mother

    Salzburg, Austria
    Tuesday Sep 23, 1777

    1777 marked the beginning of a very long departure from Salzburg life. Mozart became deeply dissatisfied with his hometown and again requested leave. He became so irritated by yet another offer for leave that he dismissed both Mozart and Leopold, while Mozart agreed to leave in a pointedly laconic manner anyway. As a result, a carriage was hired and he set off — without his father but this time with his mother — on 23 September and left first for Munich and then for Augsburg.


  • Virginia Capes, Atlantic Ocean
    Thursday Sep 6, 1781
    George Washington

    Battle of the Chesapeake

    Virginia Capes, Atlantic Ocean
    Thursday Sep 6, 1781

    By late September, Patriot-French forces completely surrounded Yorktown, trapped the British army, and prevented British reinforcements from Clinton in the North, while the French Navy was victorious at the Battle of the Chesapeake. The final American offensive was begun with a shot fired by Washington.


  • Yorktown, Virginia, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 29, 1781
    George Washington

    The Siege of Yorktown

    Yorktown, Virginia, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 29, 1781

    The Siege of Yorktown, Virginia was a decisive allied victory by the combined forces of the Continental Army commanded by General Washington, the French Army commanded by the General Comte de Rochambeau, and the French Navy commanded by Admiral de Grasse, in the defeat of Cornwallis' British forces. On August 19, the march to Yorktown led by Washington and Rochambeau began, which is known now as the "celebrated march". Washington was in command of an army of 7,800 Frenchmen, 3,100 militia, and 8,000 Continentals. Lacking in experience in siege warfare, Washington often deferred judgment to Rochambeau, effectively putting him in command; however, Rochambeau never challenged Washington's authority.


  • Paris, France
    Wednesday Sep 3, 1783
    George Washington

    Treaty of Paris

    Paris, France
    Wednesday Sep 3, 1783

    Washington resigned as commander-in-chief once the Treaty of Paris was signed, and he planned to retire to Mount Vernon. The treaty was ratified in April 1783, and Hamilton's Congressional committee adapted the army for peacetime. Washington gave the Army's perspective to the Committee in his Sentiments on a Peace Establishment. The Treaty was signed on September 3, 1783, and Great Britain officially recognized the independence of the United States. Washington then disbanded his army, giving an eloquent farewell address to his soldiers on November 2.


  • Vienna, Austria
    Tuesday Sep 21, 1784
    Mozart

    A new baby and a new house

    Vienna, Austria
    Tuesday Sep 21, 1784

    Constanze delivered their second child, Karl Thomas, on September 21. Karl Thomas will live to the ripe old age of 74, unlike his brother Raimund. His parents moved house very early in his childhood, again. This time it was to the Domgasse which was much more salubrious. And salubriousness brought expense with it, with the flat costing a staggering 450 gilder a year for the Mozarts.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 12, 1786
    George Washington

    Some nationalists met together to ask Congress to revise the Articles of Confederation

    U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 12, 1786

    Some nationalists feared that the new republic had descended into lawlessness, and they met together on September 11, 1786, at Annapolis to ask Congress to revise the Articles of Confederation. One of their biggest efforts, however, was getting Washington to attend.


  • Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Present Day Czech)
    Tuesday Sep 6, 1791
    Mozart

    Feeling ill

    Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Present Day Czech)
    Tuesday Sep 6, 1791

    Mozart fell ill while in Prague for the premiere, on 6 September 1791, of his opera La clemenza di Tito, which was written in that same year on commission for the Emperor's coronation festivities, His health deteriorated on 20 November, at which point he became bedridden, suffering from swelling, pain, and vomiting.


  • Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
    Friday Sep 30, 1791
    Mozart

    Mozart's last opera

    Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
    Friday Sep 30, 1791

    The Magic Flute was the last opera Mozart composed, it was premiered on 30th September 1791 - roughly three months before he died. Mozart himself conducted the orchestra, while the librettist, Emanuel Schikaneder, sang the role of Papageno.


  • France
    Tuesday Sep 15, 1795
    Napoleon

    Bonaparte was removed from the list of generals in regular service

    France
    Tuesday Sep 15, 1795

    On 15 September, Bonaparte was removed from the list of generals in regular service for his refusal to serve in the Vendée campaign.


  • U.S.
    Monday Sep 19, 1796
    George Washington

    Farewell Address

    U.S.
    Monday Sep 19, 1796

    On September 19, 1796, David Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser published the final version of the address.


  • Paris, France
    Monday Sep 4, 1797
    Napoleon

    Coup of 18 Fructidor

    Paris, France
    Monday Sep 4, 1797

    Bonaparte sent General Pierre Augereau to Paris to lead a coup d'état and purge the royalists on 4 September (Coup of 18 Fructidor).


  • Central Europe
    Wednesday Sep 25, 1805
    Napoleon

    200,000 French troops began to cross the Rhine

    Central Europe
    Wednesday Sep 25, 1805

    On 25 September, after great secrecy and feverish marching, 200,000 French troops began to cross the Rhine on a front of 260 km (160 mi).


  • Borodino, Russian Empire
    Monday Sep 7, 1812
    Napoleon

    Battle of Borodino

    Borodino, Russian Empire
    Monday Sep 7, 1812

    The Russians eventually offered battle outside Moscow on 7 September: the Battle of Borodino resulted in approximately 44,000 Russian and 35,000 French dead, wounded or captured, and may have been the bloodiest day of battle in history up to that point in time. Although the French had won, the Russian army had accepted, and withstood, the major battle Napoleon had hoped would be decisive. Napoleon's own account was: "The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but the Russians showed themselves worthy of being invincible".


  • Egypt
    Sep, 1813
    Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

    Ibrahim was left in command of Upper Egypt

    Egypt
    Sep, 1813

    Muhammad Ali went to Arabia to prosecute the war against the Ibn Saud in 1813, Ibrahim was left in command of Upper Egypt.


  • Saudi Arabia
    Sep, 1818
    Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

    Ibrahim had forced the Saudi leader to surrender

    Saudi Arabia
    Sep, 1818

    By the end of September 1818, he had forced the Saudi leader to surrender and had taken Diriyah, which he sacked.


  • a state covering much of modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela
    Friday Sep 7, 1821
    Simón Bolívar

    Gran Colombia

    a state covering much of modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela
    Friday Sep 7, 1821

    On 7 September 1821, Gran Colombia (a state covering much of modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela) was created, with Bolívar as president and Santander as vice president.


  • Ottoman Empire
    Sep, 1832
    Ottoman Empire

    320 km from the capital, Constantinople

    Ottoman Empire
    Sep, 1832

    Thus began the first Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833), during which the French-trained army of Muhammad Ali Pasha, under the command of his son Ibrahim Pasha, defeated the Ottoman Army as it marched into Anatolia with a great victory, reaching the city of Kütahya within 320 km (200 mi) of the capital, Constantinople.


  • Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    Monday Sep 3, 1838
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass successfully escaped by boarding a northbound train

    Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    Monday Sep 3, 1838

    On September 3, 1838, Douglass successfully escaped by boarding a northbound train of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.


  • Havre de Grace, Maryland, U.S.
    Sep, 1838
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass reached Havre de Grace

    Havre de Grace, Maryland, U.S.
    Sep, 1838

    Young Douglass reached Havre de Grace, Maryland, in Harford County, in the northeast corner of the state, along the southwest shore of the Susquehanna River, which flowed into the Chesapeake Bay. Although this placed him only some 20 miles (32 km) from the Maryland-Pennsylvania state line, it was easier to continue by rail through Delaware, another slave state. Dressed in a sailor's uniform provided to him by Murray, who also gave him part of her savings to cover his travel costs, he carried identification papers and protection papers that he had obtained from a free black seaman.


  • Perryville, Maryland, U.S.
    Sep, 1838
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass arrived Perryville

    Perryville, Maryland, U.S.
    Sep, 1838

    Douglass crossed the wide Susquehanna River by the railroad's steam-ferry at Havre de Grace to Perryville on the opposite shore, in Cecil County, then continued by train across the state line to Wilmington, Delaware, a large port at the head of the Delaware Bay.


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 4, 1838
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass arrived New York City "Freedom"

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 4, 1838

    From there, because the rail line was not yet completed, he went by steamboat along the Delaware River further northeast to the "Quaker City" of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, an anti-slavery stronghold. He continued to the safe house of noted abolitionist David Ruggles in New York City. His entire journey to freedom took less than 24 hours. Frederick Douglass later wrote of his arrival in New York City: I have often been asked, how I felt when first I found myself on free soil. And my readers may share the same curiosity. There is scarcely anything in my experience about which I could not give a more satisfactory answer. A new world had opened upon me. If life is more than breath, and the 'quick round of blood,' I lived more in one day than in a year of my slave life. It was a time of joyous excitement which words can but tamely describe. In a letter written to a friend soon after reaching New York, I said: 'I felt as one might feel upon escape from a den of hungry lions.' Anguish and grief, like darkness and rain, may be depicted; but gladness and joy, like the rainbow, defy the skill of pen or pencil.


  • New York, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 15, 1838
    Frederick Douglass

    Marriage

    New York, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 15, 1838

    Once Douglass had arrived New York, he sent for Murray to follow him north to New York. She brought with her the necessary basics for them to set up a home. They were married on September 15, 1838, by a black Presbyterian minister, just eleven days after Douglass had reached New York. Douglass and Anna had five children: Rosetta Douglass, Lewis Henry Douglass, Frederick Douglass Jr., Charles Remond Douglass, and Annie Douglass (died at the age of ten).


  • India
    Wednesday Sep 25, 1839
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1839 India Cyclone

    India
    Wednesday Sep 25, 1839

    On 25 November 1839, an enormous cyclone caused a 40-foot storm surge (unconfirmed) that hit Coringa, Andhra Pradesh, wiped out the harbor city, destroyed vessels in its bay, and killed 300,000 people. Survivors never entirely rebuilt the city.


  • Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Sep, 1841
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass and friend James N. Buffum were thrown off an Eastern Railroad train

    Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Sep, 1841

    While living in Lynn, Douglass engaged in early protest against segregated transportation. In September 1841, at Lynn Central Square station, Douglass and friend James N. Buffum were thrown off an Eastern Railroad train because Douglass refused to sit in the segregated railroad coach.


  • U.S.
    Sunday Sep 17, 1848
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass published an open letter addressed to his former master, Thomas Auld

    U.S.
    Sunday Sep 17, 1848

    In September 1848, Douglass published an open letter addressed to his former master, Thomas Auld, berating him for his conduct, and inquiring after members of his family still held by Auld.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Hungary)
    Sep, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Ferdinand decided to send Austrian and Croatian troops to Hungary to crush a democratic rebellion

    Central Europe (Present-Day Hungary)
    Sep, 1848

    In late September 1848, Emperor Ferdinand, who was also King Ferdinand V of Hungary, decided to send Austrian and Croatian troops to Hungary to crush a democratic rebellion there.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Sep, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Marx and Engels and Karl Ludwig serving as a member of the provisional government in Baden and the Palatinate

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Sep, 1848

    In late 1848, Marx and Engels intended to meet with Karl Ludwig Johann D'Ester, then serving as a member of the provisional government in Baden and the Palatinate. He was a physician, democrat and socialist who had been a member of the Cologne community chapter of the Communist League.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Hungary)
    Friday Sep 29, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Austrian troops were defeated by the Hungarian

    Central Europe (Present-Day Hungary)
    Friday Sep 29, 1848

    On September 29, 1848, the Austrian troops were defeated by the Hungarian revolutionary forces.


  • U.S.
    Sep, 1850
    Abraham Lincoln

    Failure of the Compromise of 1850

    U.S.
    Sep, 1850

    The debate over the status of slavery in the territories failed to alleviate tensions between the slave-holding South and the free North, with the failure of the Compromise of 1850, a legislative package designed to address the issue.


  • U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 7, 1853
    Sojourner Truth

    Mob Convention

    U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 7, 1853

    On September 7, 1853: At the convention, young men greeted her with "a perfect storm," hissing and groaning. In response, Truth said, "You may hiss as much as you please, but women will get their rights anyway. You can't stop us, neither". Sojourner, like other public speakers, often adapted her speeches to how the audience was responding to her. In her speech, Sojourner speaks out for women's rights. She incorporates religious references in her speech, particularly the story of Esther. She then goes on to say that, just as women in scripture, women today are fighting for their rights. Moreover, Sojourner scolds the crowd for all their hissing and rude behavior, reminding them that God says to "Honor thy father and thy mother.


  • Rostock, Germany
    Friday Sep 16, 1853
    Albrecht Kossel

    Birth

    Rostock, Germany
    Friday Sep 16, 1853

    On 16 September 1853, Albrecht Kossel was born in Rostock, Germany as the son of the merchant and Prussian consul Albrecht Karl Ludwig Enoch Kossel and his wife Clara Jeppe Kossel.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Sep 3, 1857
    Sojourner Truth

    Truth sold all her possessions

    U.S.
    Thursday Sep 3, 1857

    On September 3, 1857, she sold all her possessions, new and old, to Daniel Ives and moved to Battle Creek, Michigan, where she rejoined former members of the Millerite movement who had formed the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Antislavery movements had begun early in Michigan and Ohio.


  • Karlsruhe, Germany
    Sep, 1860
    Dmitri Mendeleev

    The chemistry congress

    Karlsruhe, Germany
    Sep, 1860

    In September 1860, Mendeleev attended an international chemistry congress that was held to discuss critical issues as atomic weights, chemical symbols, and chemical formulas, where he met many of Europe’s leading chemists. In later years, that congress was especially remembered by Mendeleev due to an important paper circulated to the Italian chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro that explained the notion of atomic weights.


  • Washington County, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 17, 1862
    Abraham Lincoln

    Battle of Antietam

    Washington County, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 17, 1862

    General Robert E. Lee's forces crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, leading to the Battle of Antietam. That battle, a Union victory, was among the bloodiest in American history; it facilitated Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in January.


  • U.S.
    Monday Sep 22, 1862
    Juneteenth

    President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

    U.S.
    Monday Sep 22, 1862

    During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862.


  • Stockholm, Sweden
    Saturday Sep 3, 1864
    Alfred Nobel

    Shed used for preparation of nitroglycerin exploded at the factory

    Stockholm, Sweden
    Saturday Sep 3, 1864

    On 3 September 1864, a shed used for preparation of nitroglycerin exploded at the factory in Heleneborg, Stockholm, killing five people, including Nobel's younger brother Emil.


  • Italy
    Sep, 1864
    Unification of Italy

    Napoleon agreed to withdraw the troops from Rome

    Italy
    Sep, 1864

    Victor Emmanuel sought a safer means to the acquisition of the remaining Papal territory. He negotiated with the Emperor Napoleon for the removal of the French troops from Rome through a treaty. They agreed to the September Convention in September 1864, by which Napoleon agreed to withdraw the troops within two years.


  • U.S.
    Friday Sep 24, 1869
    Black Friday

    Panic of 1869

    U.S.
    Friday Sep 24, 1869

    For centuries, the adjective "black" has been applied to days upon which calamities occurred. Many events have been described as "Black Friday", although the most significant such event in American History was the Panic of 1869, which occurred when financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk took advantage of their connections with the Grant Administration in an attempt to corner the gold market. When President Grant learned of this manipulation, he ordered the Treasury to release a large supply of gold, which halted the run and caused prices to drop by eighteen percent. Fortunes were made and lost in a single day, and the president's own brother-in-law, Abel Corbin, was ruined.


  • Rajputana, India
    Sep, 1869
    Rajputana famine of 1869

    There were heavy rains that, although good for the spring harvest

    Rajputana, India
    Sep, 1869

    In September and October 1869, there were heavy rains that, although good for the spring harvest, caused an epidemic of malaria and killed many more.


  • Italy
    Sunday Sep 11, 1870
    Unification of Italy

    The Italian Army crossed the papal frontier

    Italy
    Sunday Sep 11, 1870

    The Italian Army, commanded by General Raffaele Cadorna, crossed the papal frontier on 11 September and advanced slowly toward Rome, hoping that a peaceful entry could be negotiated.


  • France
    Sep, 1875
    Statue of Liberty

    Early work Announcement

    France
    Sep, 1875

    By 1875, France was enjoying improved political stability and a recovering postwar economy. The growing interest in the upcoming Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia led Laboulaye to decide it was time to seek public support. In September 1875, Bartholdi announced the project and the formation of the Franco-American Union as its fundraising arm. With the announcement, the statue was given a name, Liberty Enlightening the World.


  • Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 27, 1876
    Theodore Roosevelt

    Entered Harvard

    Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 27, 1876

    When he entered Harvard College on September 27, 1876, his father advised: "Take care of your morals first, your health next, and finally your studies".


  • Michigan, U.S.
    Monday Sep 5, 1881
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    Thumb Fire

    Michigan, U.S.
    Monday Sep 5, 1881

    The Thumb Fire took place on September 5, 1881, in the Thumb area of Michigan in the United States. The fire, which burned over a million acres (4,000 km²) in less than a day, was the consequence of drought, hurricane-force winds, heat, the after-effects of the Port Huron Fire of 1871, and the ecological damage wrought by the era's logging techniques. The blaze, also called the Great Thumb Fire, the Great Forest Fire of 1881 and the Huron Fire, killed 282 people in Sanilac, Lapeer, Tuscola and Huron counties. The damage estimate was $2,347,000 in 1881.


  • New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 5, 1882
    Labor day

    McGuire and the Knights of Labor organised a similar parade based on the Canadian event

    New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 5, 1882

    McGuire and the Knights of Labor organised a similar parade based on the Canadian event on 5 September 1882 in New York City, US.


  • Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 13, 1884
    Hot Dog

    An early use of the term hot dog in reference to sausage-meat

    Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 13, 1884

    An early use of the term hot dog in reference to sausage-meat appears in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier (September 14, 1884): even the innocent 'wienerworst' man will be barred from dispensing hot dog on the street corner.


  • Lecompton, Kansas, U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 23, 1885
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    David and Ida married

    Lecompton, Kansas, U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 23, 1885

    Hans's great-great-grandson, David Jacob Eisenhower (1863–1942), was Eisenhower's father and was a college-educated engineer, despite his own father Jacob's urging to stay on the family farm. Eisenhower's mother, Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower, born in Virginia, of predominantly German Protestant ancestry, moved to Kansas from Virginia. She married David on September 23, 1885, in Lecompton, Kansas, on the campus of their alma mater, Lane University. Dwight David Eisenhower's lineage also included English ancestors (on both sides) and Scottish ancestors (through his maternal line).


  • China
    Sep, 1887
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1887 Yellow River Flood

    China
    Sep, 1887

    The 1887 Yellow River flood was a devastating flood on the Yellow River (Huang He) in China. This river is prone to flooding due to the elevated nature of the river, running between dikes above the broad plains surrounding it. The flood, which began in September 1887, killed about 900,000 people. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded.


  • Osnabrück County, Lower Saxony (Present-Day in Germany)
    Sep, 9
    Roman Empire

    Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

    Osnabrück County, Lower Saxony (Present-Day in Germany)
    Sep, 9

    The Illyrian tribes revolted and had to be crushed, and three full legions under the command of Publius Quinctilius Varus were ambushed and destroyed at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9 by Germanic tribes led by Arminius.


  • Rome
    Wednesday Sep 17, 14
    Roman Empire

    Tiberius's reign

    Rome
    Wednesday Sep 17, 14

    The early years of Tiberius's reign were relatively peaceful. Tiberius secured the overall power of Rome and enriched its treasury. However, his rule soon became characterized by paranoia. He began a series of treason trials and executions, which continued until his death in 37.


  • Rome
    Sunday Sep 14, 81
    Roman Empire

    Domitian

    Rome
    Sunday Sep 14, 81

    Titus' brother Domitian succeeded him. Having exceedingly poor relations with the Senate, Domitian was murdered in September 96.


  • Rome
    Tuesday Sep 18, 96
    Roman Empire

    Nerva

    Rome
    Tuesday Sep 18, 96

    On 18 September 96, Domitian was assassinated in a palace conspiracy involving members of the Praetorian Guard and several of his freedmen. On the same day, Nerva was declared emperor by the Roman Senate. As the new ruler of the Roman Empire, he vowed to restore liberties that had been curtailed during the autocratic government of Domitian.


  • Transylvania, Romania
    Sep, 101
    Roman Empire

    Second Battle of Tapae

    Transylvania, Romania
    Sep, 101

    Upon his accession to the throne, Trajan prepared and launched a carefully planned military invasion in Dacia, a region north of the lower Danube whose inhabitants the Dacians had long been an opponent to Rome. In 101, Trajan personally crossed the Danube and defeated the armies of the Dacian king Decebalus at the Battle of Tapae.


  • Han, China
    Monday Sep 28, 189
    Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)

    Dong Zhuo deposed Liu Bian as emperor and appointed his brother Emperor Xian of Han

    Han, China
    Monday Sep 28, 189

    The Han general Dong Zhuo deposed Liu Bian as emperor and appointed his brother Emperor Xian of Han in his stead.


  • Tong Pass (Present-Day Tongguan County, Shaanxi, China)
    Sep, 211
    Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)

    Battle of Tong Pass

    Tong Pass (Present-Day Tongguan County, Shaanxi, China)
    Sep, 211

    Cao Cao defeated an alliance of anti-Han rebels in modern Tongguan County, securing his control over Guanzhong.


  • Moesia
    Sep, 249
    Roman Empire

    Decius was proclaimed emperor

    Moesia
    Sep, 249

    Overwhelmed by the number of invasions and usurpers, Philip offered to resign, but the Senate decided to throw its support behind the emperor, with a certain Gaius Messius Quintus Decius most vocal of all the senators. Philip was so impressed by his support that he dispatched Decius to the region with a special command encompassing all of the Pannonian and Moesian provinces. This had a dual purpose of both quelling the rebellion of Pacatianus as well as dealing with the barbarian incursions. Although Decius managed to quell the revolt, discontent in the legions was growing. Decius was proclaimed emperor by the Danubian armies in the spring of 249 and immediately marched on Rome.


  • Verona, Italy, Roman Empire
    Sep, 249
    Roman Empire

    Philip was killed

    Verona, Italy, Roman Empire
    Sep, 249

    Although Decius tried to come to terms with Philip, Philip's army met the usurper near modern Verona that summer. Decius easily won the battle and Philip was killed sometime in September 249, either in the fighting or assassinated by his own soldiers who were eager to please the new ruler. Philip's eleven-year-old son and heir may have been killed with his father and Priscus disappeared without a trace.


  • Spoletium, Italy, Roman Empire
    Sep, 253
    Roman Empire

    Aemilian died

    Spoletium, Italy, Roman Empire
    Sep, 253

    Valerian, governor of the Rhine provinces, was on his way south with an army which, according to Zosimus, had been called in as reinforcement by Gallus. But modern historians believe this army, possibly mobilized for an incumbent campaign in the East, moved only after Gallus' death to support Valerian's bid for power. Emperor Aemilian's men, fearful of civil war and Valerian's larger force, mutinied. They killed Aemilian at Spoletium or at the Sanguinarium bridge, between Oriculum and Narnia (halfway between Spoletium and Rome), and recognized Valerian as the new emperor.


  • Mediolanum (Present-Day Milan, Italy)
    Sep, 268
    Roman Empire

    Gallienus died

    Mediolanum (Present-Day Milan, Italy)
    Sep, 268

    Cecropius, commander of the Dalmatians, spread the word that the forces of Aureolus were leaving the city, and Gallienus left his tent without his bodyguard, only to be struck down by Cecropius. According to Aurelius Victor and Zonaras, on hearing the news that Gallienus was dead, the Senate in Rome ordered the execution of his family (including his brother Valerianus and son Marinianus) and their supporters, just before receiving a message from Claudius to spare their lives and deify his predecessor.


  • Rome
    Sep, 268
    Roman Empire

    Claudius Gothicus was chosen by the army

    Rome
    Sep, 268

    Whichever story is true, Gallienus was killed in the summer of 268, and Claudius was chosen by the army outside of Milan to succeed him. Accounts tell of people hearing the news of the new emperor and reacting by murdering Gallienus' family members until Claudius declared he would respect the memory of his predecessor. Claudius had the deceased emperor deified and buried in a family tomb on the Appian Way. The traitor Aureolus was not treated with the same reverence, as he was killed by his besiegers after a failed attempt to surrender.


  • Caenophrurium, Thrace
    Sep, 275
    Roman Empire

    Aurelian died

    Caenophrurium, Thrace
    Sep, 275

    However, Aurelian never reached Persia, as he was murdered while waiting in Thrace to cross into Asia Minor. As an administrator, he had been strict and had handed out severe punishments to corrupt officials or soldiers. A secretary of his (called Eros by Zosimus) had told a lie on a minor issue. In fear of what the emperor might do, he forged a document listing the names of high officials marked by the emperor for execution and showed it to collaborators. The notarius Mucapor and other high-ranking officers of the Praetorian Guard, fearing punishment from the emperor, murdered him in September 275, in Caenophrurium, Thrace. Aurelian's enemies in the Senate briefly succeeded in passing damnatio memoriae on the emperor, but this was reversed before the end of the year, and Aurelian, like his predecessor Claudius II, was deified as Divus Aurelianus.


  • Roman Empire
    Saturday Sep 25, 275
    Roman Empire

    Tacitus

    Roman Empire
    Saturday Sep 25, 275

    Tacitus, after ascertaining the sincerity of the Senate's regard for him, accepted their nomination on 25 September 275, and the choice was cordially ratified by the army. This was the last time the Senate elected a Roman Emperor.


  • Tarsus, Cilicia
    Sep, 276
    Roman Empire

    Florian died

    Tarsus, Cilicia
    Sep, 276

    Florian led his troops to Cilicia and billeted his forces in Tarsus. However many of his troops, who were unaccustomed to the hot climate of the area, fell ill due to a summer heatwave. Upon learning of this, Probus launched raids around the city, in order to weaken the morale of Florian's forces. This strategy was successful, and Florian lost control of his army, which in September rose up against him and killed him. In total, Florian's reign lasted less than three months.


  • Roman Empire
    Sep, 282
    Roman Empire

    Marcus Aurelius Carus

    Roman Empire
    Sep, 282

    Carus was apparently a senator and filled various posts, both civil and military, before being appointed prefect of the Praetorian Guard by the emperor Probus in 282. Two traditions surround his accession to the throne in August or September of 282. According to some mostly Latin sources, he was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers after the murder of Probus by a mutiny at Sirmium. Greek sources however claim that he rose against Probus in Raetia in usurpation and had him killed. Bestowing the title of Caesar upon his sons Carinus and Numerian, he left Carinus in charge of the western portion of the empire to look after some disturbances in Gaul and took Numerian with him on an expedition against the Persians, which had been contemplated by Probus.


  • Sirmium (Present-Day Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia)
    Sep, 282
    Roman Empire

    Probus died

    Sirmium (Present-Day Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia)
    Sep, 282

    Probus was eager to start his eastern campaign, delayed by the revolts in the west. He left Rome in 282, traveling first towards Sirmium, his birth city. Different accounts of Probus's death exist. According to Joannes Zonaras, the commander of the Praetorian Guard Marcus Aurelius Carus had been proclaimed, more or less unwillingly, emperor by his troops. Probus sent some troops against the new usurper, but when those troops changed sides and supported Carus, Probus' remaining soldiers assassinated him at Sirmium (September/October 282). According to other sources, however, Probus was killed by disgruntled soldiers, who rebelled against his orders to be employed for civic purposes, like draining marshes. Allegedly, the soldiers were provoked when they overheard him lamenting the necessity of a standing army. Carus was proclaimed emperor after Probus' death and avenged the murder of his predecessor.


  • Chrysopolis, near Chalcedon, Roman Empire (Present-Day Chalcedon, Turkey)
    Thursday Sep 18, 324
    Roman Empire

    Battle of Chrysopolis

    Chrysopolis, near Chalcedon, Roman Empire (Present-Day Chalcedon, Turkey)
    Thursday Sep 18, 324

    The defeat of the superior fleet of Licinius in the Battle of the Hellespont by Crispus, Constantine's eldest son and Caesar, compelled his withdrawal to Bithynia, where the last stand was made; the Battle of Chrysopolis, near Chalcedon (18 September), resulted in Licinius' final submission.


  • Byzantine Empire (now Turkey)
    Sep, 458
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    458 Antioch Earthquake

    Byzantine Empire (now Turkey)
    Sep, 458

    458 Antioch earthquake occurred in September 458 in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey), there were an estimated 80,000 deaths.


  • Byzantine Empire (now Turkey)
    Sunday Sep 30, 587
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    587 Antioch Earthquake

    Byzantine Empire (now Turkey)
    Sunday Sep 30, 587

    587 Antioch earthquake occurred on September 30, 587 in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey), there were an estimated 60,000 deaths.


  • Abbasid Caliphate (now Syria)
    Sunday Sep 18, 844
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    844 Damascus Earthquake

    Abbasid Caliphate (now Syria)
    Sunday Sep 18, 844

    844 Damascus earthquake occurred on September 18, 844, in Abbasid Caliphate (now Syria), there were an estimated 50,000 deaths.


  • Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia
    Sep, 997
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1997 Indonesian Forest Fires

    Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia
    Sep, 997

    The 1997 group of forest fires in Indonesia that lasted well into 1998 were probably among the two or three, if not the largest, forest fires group in the last two centuries of recorded history. In the middle of 1997 forest fires burning in Indonesia began to affect neighbouring countries, spreading thick clouds of smoke and haze to Malaysia and Singapore. A total of 240 people perished in the wildfires.


  • Worms, Germany
    Sep, 1122
    Holy Roman Empire

    Concordat of Worms

    Worms, Germany
    Sep, 1122

    Henry managed to defeat him but was subsequently confronted with more uprisings, renewed excommunication, and even the rebellion of his sons. After his death, his second son, Henry V, reached an agreement with the Pope and the bishops in the 1122 Concordat of Worms.


  • Lake Beyşehir
    Friday Sep 17, 1176
    Byzantine Empire

    Battle of Myriokephalon

    Lake Beyşehir
    Friday Sep 17, 1176

    In the east, however, Manuel suffered a major defeat in 1176 at the Battle of Myriokephalon, against the Turks. Yet the losses were quickly recovered, and in the following year Manuel's forces inflicted a defeat upon a force of "picked Turks".


  • Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
    Wednesday Sep 24, 1180
    Byzantine Empire

    11-year-old Emperor

    Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
    Wednesday Sep 24, 1180

    Manuel's death on 24 September 1180 left his 11-year-old son Alexios II Komnenos on the throne. Alexios was highly incompetent in the office, and his mother, Maria of Antioch's Frankish background, made his regency unpopular.


  • Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
    Saturday Sep 24, 1183
    Byzantine Empire

    Andronikos I Komnenos

    Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
    Saturday Sep 24, 1183

    After eliminating his potential rivals, Andronikos I Komnenos had himself crowned as co-emperor in September 1183. He eliminated Alexios II and took his 12-year-old wife Agnes of France for himself.


  • Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
    Thursday Sep 12, 1185
    Byzantine Empire

    Andronikos I Komnenos was finally overthrown

    Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
    Thursday Sep 12, 1185

    Andronikos I Komnenos was finally overthrown when Isaac Angelos, surviving an imperial assassination attempt, seized power with the aid of the people and had Andronikos killed.


  • Arsuf
    Saturday Sep 7, 1191
    Crusades

    Battle of Arsuf

    Arsuf
    Saturday Sep 7, 1191

    Richard moved south, defeating Saladin's forces at the Battle of Arsuf on 7 September 1191.


  • Jaffa
    Wednesday Sep 2, 1192
    Crusades

    Treaty of Jaffa

    Jaffa
    Wednesday Sep 2, 1192

    On 2 September 1192 Richard and Saladin entered into the Treaty of Jaffa, providing that Jerusalem would remain under Muslim control while allowing unarmed Christian pilgrims and traders to freely visit the city. This treaty ended the Third Crusade.


  • Messina, Holy Roman Empire
    Sunday Sep 28, 1197
    Crusades

    Henry VI died

    Messina, Holy Roman Empire
    Sunday Sep 28, 1197

    Henry VI launched the Crusade of 1197. While his forces were en route to the Holy Land, Henry VI died in Messina on 28 September 1197. The nobles that remained captured the Levant coast between Tyre and Tripoli before returning to Germany. The Crusade ended on 1 July 1198 after capturing Sidon and Beirut.


  • Basel, Holy Roman Empire
    Wednesday Sep 26, 1212
    Holy Roman Empire

    Golden Bull of Sicily

    Basel, Holy Roman Empire
    Wednesday Sep 26, 1212

    The Kingdom of Bohemia was a significant regional power during the Middle Ages. In 1212, King Ottokar I (bearing the title "king" since 1198) extracted a Golden Bull of Sicily (a formal edict) from the emperor Frederick II, confirming the royal title for Ottokar and his descendants and the Duchy of Bohemia was raised to a kingdom. Bohemian kings would be exempt from all future obligations to the Holy Roman Empire except for participation in the imperial councils. Charles IV set Prague to be the seat of the Holy Roman Emperor.


  • Ayn Jalut, Galilee
    Friday Sep 3, 1260
    Crusades

    Battle of Ain Jalut

    Ayn Jalut, Galilee
    Friday Sep 3, 1260

    The threat presented by an invasion by the Mongols led to Qutuz seizing the sultanate in 1259 and uniting with another faction led by Baibars to defeat the Mongols at Ain Jalut. The Mamluks then quickly gained control of Damascus and Aleppo before Qutuz was assassinated, most probably by Baibers.


  • Ayn Jalut
    Friday Sep 3, 1260
    Mamluks

    Battle of Ain Jalut

    Ayn Jalut
    Friday Sep 3, 1260

    Battle was fought between the Bahri Mamluks of Egypt and the Mongol Empire on 3 September 1260. The battle ended in a Mongol rout and Kitbuqa's capture and execution. Afterward, the Mamluks proceeded to recapture Damascus and the other Syrian cities taken by the Mongols.


  • Mongol Empire (now China)
    Wednesday Sep 27, 1290
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1290 Chihli Earthquake

    Mongol Empire (now China)
    Wednesday Sep 27, 1290

    The 1290 Chihli earthquake occurred on 27 September with an epicenter near Ningcheng, Zhongshu Sheng (Zhili or Chihli), Yuan Empire. The earthquake had an estimated surface wave magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum felt intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. One estimate places the death toll at 7,270, while another has it at 100,000.


  • Mongol Empire (now China)
    Tuesday Sep 25, 1303
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1303 Hongdong Earthquake

    Mongol Empire (now China)
    Tuesday Sep 25, 1303

    The 1303 Hongdong earthquake occurred in China, then part of the Mongol Empire, on September 25. The shock was estimated to have a magnitude of 8.0 and it had a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). With catastrophic damage, it was one of the deadliest recorded earthquakes of all time. In Taiyuan and Pingyang, nearly 100,000 houses collapsed and over 200,000 people died from collapsing buildings and loess caves in a similar manner to the situation that would be experienced 253 years later in the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (陕西).


  • Cairo, Egypt
    Sep, 1346
    Mamluks

    Al-Malik al-Muzaffar was the Bahri Mamluk sultan in September 1346

    Cairo, Egypt
    Sep, 1346

    Al-Muzaffar Sayf ad-Din Hajji ibn Muhammad ibn Qalawun, better known as al-Muzaffar Hajji, was the Bahri Mamluk sultan of Egypt. He was also the sixth son of an-Nasir Muhammad.


  • Nicopolis, Ottoman Empire
    Sunday Sep 25, 1396
    Ottoman Empire

    Battle of Nicopolis

    Nicopolis, Ottoman Empire
    Sunday Sep 25, 1396

    The Battle of Nicopolis for the Bulgarian Tsardom of Vidin in 1396, widely regarded as the last large-scale crusade of the Middle Ages, failed to stop the advance of the victorious Ottoman Turks.


  • Cairo, Egypt
    Sunday Sep 9, 1438
    Mamluks

    Sayf ad-Din Jaqmaq was the Mamluk sultan of Egypt in 1438

    Cairo, Egypt
    Sunday Sep 9, 1438

    Sayf ad-Din Jaqmaq was the Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 9 September 1438 to 1 February 1453.


  • Japan
    Monday Sep 19, 1498
    11:00:00 PM
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1498 Meiō Nankaidō Earthquake

    Japan
    Monday Sep 19, 1498
    11:00:00 PM

    The 1498 Nankai earthquake (明応地震 Meiō Jishin) occurred off the coast of Nankaidō, Japan, at about 08:00 local time on 20 September 1498. It had a magnitude estimated at 8.6 Ms and triggered a large tsunami. The death toll associated with this event is uncertain, but between 5,000 and 41,000 casualties were reported.


  • Apostolic Palace, Belvedere Courtyard, Vatican City (then Rome)
    Sep, 1513
    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo spent much of his time living in the Belvedere Courtyard in the Apostolic Palace

    Apostolic Palace, Belvedere Courtyard, Vatican City (then Rome)
    Sep, 1513

    From September 1513 to 1516, Leonardo spent much of his time living in the Belvedere Courtyard in the Apostolic Palace, where Michelangelo and Raphael were both active.


  • Rome, Italy
    Sep, 1513
    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo went to Rome

    Rome, Italy
    Sep, 1513

    In March of that year, Lorenzo de' Medici's son Giovanni assumed the papacy (as Leo X); Leonardo went to Rome that September, where he was received by the pope's brother Giuliano.


  • Vienna
    Friday Sep 27, 1529
    Ottoman Empire

    Suleiman the Magnificent failed to take Vienna

    Vienna
    Friday Sep 27, 1529

    Suleiman the Magnificent then laid siege to Vienna in 1529 but failed to take the city.


  • Malta
    Sunday Sep 23, 1551
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    The Valletta, Malta Tornado

    Malta
    Sunday Sep 23, 1551

    The Grand Harbour of Malta tornado was a tornado that hit the Grand Harbour of Malta on September 23, 1551 with very intense strength. It began as a waterspout killing at least 600 people.


  • Augsburg, Germany, Holy Roman Empire
    Sep, 1555
    Holy Roman Empire

    Peace of Augsburg

    Augsburg, Germany, Holy Roman Empire
    Sep, 1555

    The Peace of Augsburg ended the war in Germany and accepted the existence of Protestantism in the form of Lutheranism, while Calvinism was still not recognized. Anabaptist, Arminian and other minor Protestant communities were also forbidden.


  • Szigetvár, Kingdom of Hungary
    Tuesday Sep 6, 1566
    Ottoman Empire

    Suleiman I died

    Szigetvár, Kingdom of Hungary
    Tuesday Sep 6, 1566

    Suleiman I died of natural causes in his tent during the Siege of Szigetvár in 1566.


  • Italy
    Sep, 1610
    Galileo Galilei

    Galileo observed that Venus exhibited a full set of phases similar to that of the Moon

    Italy
    Sep, 1610

    From September 1610, Galileo observed that Venus exhibited a full set of phases similar to that of the Moon. The heliocentric model of the Solar System developed by Nicolaus Copernicus predicted that all phases would be visible since the orbit of Venus around the Sun would cause its illuminated hemisphere to face the Earth when it was on the opposite side of the Sun and to face away from the Earth when it was on the Earth-side of the Sun.


  • Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
    Saturday Sep 2, 1651
    Ottoman Empire

    Kösem's murder

    Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
    Saturday Sep 2, 1651

    The Sultanate of Women (1533–1656) was a period in which the mothers of young sultans exercised power on behalf of their sons. The most prominent women of this period were Kösem Sultan and her daughter-in-law Turhan Hatice, whose political rivalry culminated in Kösem's murder in 1651.


  • Vienna
    Sunday Sep 12, 1683
    Ottoman Empire

    Battle of Vienna

    Vienna
    Sunday Sep 12, 1683

    This period of renewed assertiveness came to a calamitous end in 1683 when Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha led a huge army to attempt a second Ottoman siege of Vienna in the Great Turkish War of 1683–1699. The final assault being fatally delayed, the Ottoman forces were swept away by allied Habsburg, German, and Polish forces spearheaded by the Polish king John III Sobieski at the Battle of Vienna.


  • Zenta (in modern Serbia)
    Wednesday Sep 11, 1697
    Ottoman Empire

    Defeat at Zenta

    Zenta (in modern Serbia)
    Wednesday Sep 11, 1697

    Mustafa II (1695–1703) led the counterattack of 1695–1696 against the Habsburgs in Hungary but was undone at the disastrous defeat at Zenta (in modern Serbia), 11 September 1697.


  • Belgrade, Habsburg Kingdom of Serbia
    Friday Sep 18, 1739
    Ottoman Empire

    Treaty of Belgrade

    Belgrade, Habsburg Kingdom of Serbia
    Friday Sep 18, 1739

    The Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–1739), which was ended by the Treaty of Belgrade in 1739, resulted in the Ottoman recovery of northern Bosnia, Habsburg Serbia (including Belgrade), Oltenia, and the southern parts of the Banat of Temeswar; but the Empire lost the port of Azov, north of the Crimean Peninsula, to the Russians. After this treaty, the Ottoman Empire was able to enjoy a generation of peace, as Austria and Russia were forced to deal with the rise of Prussia.


  • Ottoman Empire (now Egypt)
    Monday Sep 2, 1754
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1754 Cairo Earthquake

    Ottoman Empire (now Egypt)
    Monday Sep 2, 1754

    1754 Cairo earthquake occurred on September 2, 1754, in Ottoman Empire (now Egypt), there were an estimated 40,000 deaths.


  • The Hague, Netherlands
    Sep, 1765
    Mozart

    First solo concert

    The Hague, Netherlands
    Sep, 1765

    Nannerl was ill with intestinal typhoid as a result, Mozart was forced to play his first ever solo concert. All went well. He also published six violin sonatas. By now, and no doubt with some encouragement from his father, he had already taught himself to play the instrument.


  • Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Friday Sep 12, 1777
    George Washington

    Battle of Brandywine

    Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Friday Sep 12, 1777

    Howe outmaneuvered Washington at the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, and marched unopposed into the nation's capital at Philadelphia. A Patriot attack failed against the British at Germantown in October. Major General Thomas Conway prompted some members of Congress (referred to as the Conway Cabal) to consider removing Washington from command because of the losses incurred at Philadelphia. Washington's supporters resisted and the matter was finally dropped after much deliberation. Once exposed, Conway wrote an apology to Washington, resigned, and returned to France.


  • Salzburg, Austria
    Tuesday Sep 23, 1777
    Mozart

    Leaving home with his mother

    Salzburg, Austria
    Tuesday Sep 23, 1777

    1777 marked the beginning of a very long departure from Salzburg life. Mozart became deeply dissatisfied with his hometown and again requested leave. He became so irritated by yet another offer for leave that he dismissed both Mozart and Leopold, while Mozart agreed to leave in a pointedly laconic manner anyway. As a result, a carriage was hired and he set off — without his father but this time with his mother — on 23 September and left first for Munich and then for Augsburg.


  • Virginia Capes, Atlantic Ocean
    Thursday Sep 6, 1781
    George Washington

    Battle of the Chesapeake

    Virginia Capes, Atlantic Ocean
    Thursday Sep 6, 1781

    By late September, Patriot-French forces completely surrounded Yorktown, trapped the British army, and prevented British reinforcements from Clinton in the North, while the French Navy was victorious at the Battle of the Chesapeake. The final American offensive was begun with a shot fired by Washington.


  • Yorktown, Virginia, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 29, 1781
    George Washington

    The Siege of Yorktown

    Yorktown, Virginia, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 29, 1781

    The Siege of Yorktown, Virginia was a decisive allied victory by the combined forces of the Continental Army commanded by General Washington, the French Army commanded by the General Comte de Rochambeau, and the French Navy commanded by Admiral de Grasse, in the defeat of Cornwallis' British forces. On August 19, the march to Yorktown led by Washington and Rochambeau began, which is known now as the "celebrated march". Washington was in command of an army of 7,800 Frenchmen, 3,100 militia, and 8,000 Continentals. Lacking in experience in siege warfare, Washington often deferred judgment to Rochambeau, effectively putting him in command; however, Rochambeau never challenged Washington's authority.


  • Paris, France
    Wednesday Sep 3, 1783
    George Washington

    Treaty of Paris

    Paris, France
    Wednesday Sep 3, 1783

    Washington resigned as commander-in-chief once the Treaty of Paris was signed, and he planned to retire to Mount Vernon. The treaty was ratified in April 1783, and Hamilton's Congressional committee adapted the army for peacetime. Washington gave the Army's perspective to the Committee in his Sentiments on a Peace Establishment. The Treaty was signed on September 3, 1783, and Great Britain officially recognized the independence of the United States. Washington then disbanded his army, giving an eloquent farewell address to his soldiers on November 2.


  • Vienna, Austria
    Tuesday Sep 21, 1784
    Mozart

    A new baby and a new house

    Vienna, Austria
    Tuesday Sep 21, 1784

    Constanze delivered their second child, Karl Thomas, on September 21. Karl Thomas will live to the ripe old age of 74, unlike his brother Raimund. His parents moved house very early in his childhood, again. This time it was to the Domgasse which was much more salubrious. And salubriousness brought expense with it, with the flat costing a staggering 450 gilder a year for the Mozarts.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 12, 1786
    George Washington

    Some nationalists met together to ask Congress to revise the Articles of Confederation

    U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 12, 1786

    Some nationalists feared that the new republic had descended into lawlessness, and they met together on September 11, 1786, at Annapolis to ask Congress to revise the Articles of Confederation. One of their biggest efforts, however, was getting Washington to attend.


  • Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Present Day Czech)
    Tuesday Sep 6, 1791
    Mozart

    Feeling ill

    Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Present Day Czech)
    Tuesday Sep 6, 1791

    Mozart fell ill while in Prague for the premiere, on 6 September 1791, of his opera La clemenza di Tito, which was written in that same year on commission for the Emperor's coronation festivities, His health deteriorated on 20 November, at which point he became bedridden, suffering from swelling, pain, and vomiting.


  • Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
    Friday Sep 30, 1791
    Mozart

    Mozart's last opera

    Theater auf der Wieden, Vienna
    Friday Sep 30, 1791

    The Magic Flute was the last opera Mozart composed, it was premiered on 30th September 1791 - roughly three months before he died. Mozart himself conducted the orchestra, while the librettist, Emanuel Schikaneder, sang the role of Papageno.


  • France
    Tuesday Sep 15, 1795
    Napoleon

    Bonaparte was removed from the list of generals in regular service

    France
    Tuesday Sep 15, 1795

    On 15 September, Bonaparte was removed from the list of generals in regular service for his refusal to serve in the Vendée campaign.


  • U.S.
    Monday Sep 19, 1796
    George Washington

    Farewell Address

    U.S.
    Monday Sep 19, 1796

    On September 19, 1796, David Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser published the final version of the address.


  • Paris, France
    Monday Sep 4, 1797
    Napoleon

    Coup of 18 Fructidor

    Paris, France
    Monday Sep 4, 1797

    Bonaparte sent General Pierre Augereau to Paris to lead a coup d'état and purge the royalists on 4 September (Coup of 18 Fructidor).


  • Central Europe
    Wednesday Sep 25, 1805
    Napoleon

    200,000 French troops began to cross the Rhine

    Central Europe
    Wednesday Sep 25, 1805

    On 25 September, after great secrecy and feverish marching, 200,000 French troops began to cross the Rhine on a front of 260 km (160 mi).


  • Borodino, Russian Empire
    Monday Sep 7, 1812
    Napoleon

    Battle of Borodino

    Borodino, Russian Empire
    Monday Sep 7, 1812

    The Russians eventually offered battle outside Moscow on 7 September: the Battle of Borodino resulted in approximately 44,000 Russian and 35,000 French dead, wounded or captured, and may have been the bloodiest day of battle in history up to that point in time. Although the French had won, the Russian army had accepted, and withstood, the major battle Napoleon had hoped would be decisive. Napoleon's own account was: "The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but the Russians showed themselves worthy of being invincible".


  • Egypt
    Sep, 1813
    Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

    Ibrahim was left in command of Upper Egypt

    Egypt
    Sep, 1813

    Muhammad Ali went to Arabia to prosecute the war against the Ibn Saud in 1813, Ibrahim was left in command of Upper Egypt.


  • Saudi Arabia
    Sep, 1818
    Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

    Ibrahim had forced the Saudi leader to surrender

    Saudi Arabia
    Sep, 1818

    By the end of September 1818, he had forced the Saudi leader to surrender and had taken Diriyah, which he sacked.


  • a state covering much of modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela
    Friday Sep 7, 1821
    Simón Bolívar

    Gran Colombia

    a state covering much of modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela
    Friday Sep 7, 1821

    On 7 September 1821, Gran Colombia (a state covering much of modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela) was created, with Bolívar as president and Santander as vice president.


  • Ottoman Empire
    Sep, 1832
    Ottoman Empire

    320 km from the capital, Constantinople

    Ottoman Empire
    Sep, 1832

    Thus began the first Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833), during which the French-trained army of Muhammad Ali Pasha, under the command of his son Ibrahim Pasha, defeated the Ottoman Army as it marched into Anatolia with a great victory, reaching the city of Kütahya within 320 km (200 mi) of the capital, Constantinople.


  • Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    Monday Sep 3, 1838
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass successfully escaped by boarding a northbound train

    Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    Monday Sep 3, 1838

    On September 3, 1838, Douglass successfully escaped by boarding a northbound train of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.


  • Havre de Grace, Maryland, U.S.
    Sep, 1838
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass reached Havre de Grace

    Havre de Grace, Maryland, U.S.
    Sep, 1838

    Young Douglass reached Havre de Grace, Maryland, in Harford County, in the northeast corner of the state, along the southwest shore of the Susquehanna River, which flowed into the Chesapeake Bay. Although this placed him only some 20 miles (32 km) from the Maryland-Pennsylvania state line, it was easier to continue by rail through Delaware, another slave state. Dressed in a sailor's uniform provided to him by Murray, who also gave him part of her savings to cover his travel costs, he carried identification papers and protection papers that he had obtained from a free black seaman.


  • Perryville, Maryland, U.S.
    Sep, 1838
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass arrived Perryville

    Perryville, Maryland, U.S.
    Sep, 1838

    Douglass crossed the wide Susquehanna River by the railroad's steam-ferry at Havre de Grace to Perryville on the opposite shore, in Cecil County, then continued by train across the state line to Wilmington, Delaware, a large port at the head of the Delaware Bay.


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 4, 1838
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass arrived New York City "Freedom"

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 4, 1838

    From there, because the rail line was not yet completed, he went by steamboat along the Delaware River further northeast to the "Quaker City" of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, an anti-slavery stronghold. He continued to the safe house of noted abolitionist David Ruggles in New York City. His entire journey to freedom took less than 24 hours. Frederick Douglass later wrote of his arrival in New York City: I have often been asked, how I felt when first I found myself on free soil. And my readers may share the same curiosity. There is scarcely anything in my experience about which I could not give a more satisfactory answer. A new world had opened upon me. If life is more than breath, and the 'quick round of blood,' I lived more in one day than in a year of my slave life. It was a time of joyous excitement which words can but tamely describe. In a letter written to a friend soon after reaching New York, I said: 'I felt as one might feel upon escape from a den of hungry lions.' Anguish and grief, like darkness and rain, may be depicted; but gladness and joy, like the rainbow, defy the skill of pen or pencil.


  • New York, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 15, 1838
    Frederick Douglass

    Marriage

    New York, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 15, 1838

    Once Douglass had arrived New York, he sent for Murray to follow him north to New York. She brought with her the necessary basics for them to set up a home. They were married on September 15, 1838, by a black Presbyterian minister, just eleven days after Douglass had reached New York. Douglass and Anna had five children: Rosetta Douglass, Lewis Henry Douglass, Frederick Douglass Jr., Charles Remond Douglass, and Annie Douglass (died at the age of ten).


  • India
    Wednesday Sep 25, 1839
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1839 India Cyclone

    India
    Wednesday Sep 25, 1839

    On 25 November 1839, an enormous cyclone caused a 40-foot storm surge (unconfirmed) that hit Coringa, Andhra Pradesh, wiped out the harbor city, destroyed vessels in its bay, and killed 300,000 people. Survivors never entirely rebuilt the city.


  • Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Sep, 1841
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass and friend James N. Buffum were thrown off an Eastern Railroad train

    Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Sep, 1841

    While living in Lynn, Douglass engaged in early protest against segregated transportation. In September 1841, at Lynn Central Square station, Douglass and friend James N. Buffum were thrown off an Eastern Railroad train because Douglass refused to sit in the segregated railroad coach.


  • U.S.
    Sunday Sep 17, 1848
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass published an open letter addressed to his former master, Thomas Auld

    U.S.
    Sunday Sep 17, 1848

    In September 1848, Douglass published an open letter addressed to his former master, Thomas Auld, berating him for his conduct, and inquiring after members of his family still held by Auld.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Hungary)
    Sep, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Ferdinand decided to send Austrian and Croatian troops to Hungary to crush a democratic rebellion

    Central Europe (Present-Day Hungary)
    Sep, 1848

    In late September 1848, Emperor Ferdinand, who was also King Ferdinand V of Hungary, decided to send Austrian and Croatian troops to Hungary to crush a democratic rebellion there.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Sep, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Marx and Engels and Karl Ludwig serving as a member of the provisional government in Baden and the Palatinate

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Sep, 1848

    In late 1848, Marx and Engels intended to meet with Karl Ludwig Johann D'Ester, then serving as a member of the provisional government in Baden and the Palatinate. He was a physician, democrat and socialist who had been a member of the Cologne community chapter of the Communist League.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Hungary)
    Friday Sep 29, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Austrian troops were defeated by the Hungarian

    Central Europe (Present-Day Hungary)
    Friday Sep 29, 1848

    On September 29, 1848, the Austrian troops were defeated by the Hungarian revolutionary forces.


  • U.S.
    Sep, 1850
    Abraham Lincoln

    Failure of the Compromise of 1850

    U.S.
    Sep, 1850

    The debate over the status of slavery in the territories failed to alleviate tensions between the slave-holding South and the free North, with the failure of the Compromise of 1850, a legislative package designed to address the issue.


  • U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 7, 1853
    Sojourner Truth

    Mob Convention

    U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 7, 1853

    On September 7, 1853: At the convention, young men greeted her with "a perfect storm," hissing and groaning. In response, Truth said, "You may hiss as much as you please, but women will get their rights anyway. You can't stop us, neither". Sojourner, like other public speakers, often adapted her speeches to how the audience was responding to her. In her speech, Sojourner speaks out for women's rights. She incorporates religious references in her speech, particularly the story of Esther. She then goes on to say that, just as women in scripture, women today are fighting for their rights. Moreover, Sojourner scolds the crowd for all their hissing and rude behavior, reminding them that God says to "Honor thy father and thy mother.


  • Rostock, Germany
    Friday Sep 16, 1853
    Albrecht Kossel

    Birth

    Rostock, Germany
    Friday Sep 16, 1853

    On 16 September 1853, Albrecht Kossel was born in Rostock, Germany as the son of the merchant and Prussian consul Albrecht Karl Ludwig Enoch Kossel and his wife Clara Jeppe Kossel.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Sep 3, 1857
    Sojourner Truth

    Truth sold all her possessions

    U.S.
    Thursday Sep 3, 1857

    On September 3, 1857, she sold all her possessions, new and old, to Daniel Ives and moved to Battle Creek, Michigan, where she rejoined former members of the Millerite movement who had formed the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Antislavery movements had begun early in Michigan and Ohio.


  • Karlsruhe, Germany
    Sep, 1860
    Dmitri Mendeleev

    The chemistry congress

    Karlsruhe, Germany
    Sep, 1860

    In September 1860, Mendeleev attended an international chemistry congress that was held to discuss critical issues as atomic weights, chemical symbols, and chemical formulas, where he met many of Europe’s leading chemists. In later years, that congress was especially remembered by Mendeleev due to an important paper circulated to the Italian chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro that explained the notion of atomic weights.


  • Washington County, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 17, 1862
    Abraham Lincoln

    Battle of Antietam

    Washington County, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 17, 1862

    General Robert E. Lee's forces crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, leading to the Battle of Antietam. That battle, a Union victory, was among the bloodiest in American history; it facilitated Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in January.


  • U.S.
    Monday Sep 22, 1862
    Juneteenth

    President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

    U.S.
    Monday Sep 22, 1862

    During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862.


  • Stockholm, Sweden
    Saturday Sep 3, 1864
    Alfred Nobel

    Shed used for preparation of nitroglycerin exploded at the factory

    Stockholm, Sweden
    Saturday Sep 3, 1864

    On 3 September 1864, a shed used for preparation of nitroglycerin exploded at the factory in Heleneborg, Stockholm, killing five people, including Nobel's younger brother Emil.


  • Italy
    Sep, 1864
    Unification of Italy

    Napoleon agreed to withdraw the troops from Rome

    Italy
    Sep, 1864

    Victor Emmanuel sought a safer means to the acquisition of the remaining Papal territory. He negotiated with the Emperor Napoleon for the removal of the French troops from Rome through a treaty. They agreed to the September Convention in September 1864, by which Napoleon agreed to withdraw the troops within two years.


  • U.S.
    Friday Sep 24, 1869
    Black Friday

    Panic of 1869

    U.S.
    Friday Sep 24, 1869

    For centuries, the adjective "black" has been applied to days upon which calamities occurred. Many events have been described as "Black Friday", although the most significant such event in American History was the Panic of 1869, which occurred when financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk took advantage of their connections with the Grant Administration in an attempt to corner the gold market. When President Grant learned of this manipulation, he ordered the Treasury to release a large supply of gold, which halted the run and caused prices to drop by eighteen percent. Fortunes were made and lost in a single day, and the president's own brother-in-law, Abel Corbin, was ruined.


  • Rajputana, India
    Sep, 1869
    Rajputana famine of 1869

    There were heavy rains that, although good for the spring harvest

    Rajputana, India
    Sep, 1869

    In September and October 1869, there were heavy rains that, although good for the spring harvest, caused an epidemic of malaria and killed many more.


  • Italy
    Sunday Sep 11, 1870
    Unification of Italy

    The Italian Army crossed the papal frontier

    Italy
    Sunday Sep 11, 1870

    The Italian Army, commanded by General Raffaele Cadorna, crossed the papal frontier on 11 September and advanced slowly toward Rome, hoping that a peaceful entry could be negotiated.


  • France
    Sep, 1875
    Statue of Liberty

    Early work Announcement

    France
    Sep, 1875

    By 1875, France was enjoying improved political stability and a recovering postwar economy. The growing interest in the upcoming Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia led Laboulaye to decide it was time to seek public support. In September 1875, Bartholdi announced the project and the formation of the Franco-American Union as its fundraising arm. With the announcement, the statue was given a name, Liberty Enlightening the World.


  • Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 27, 1876
    Theodore Roosevelt

    Entered Harvard

    Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 27, 1876

    When he entered Harvard College on September 27, 1876, his father advised: "Take care of your morals first, your health next, and finally your studies".


  • Michigan, U.S.
    Monday Sep 5, 1881
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    Thumb Fire

    Michigan, U.S.
    Monday Sep 5, 1881

    The Thumb Fire took place on September 5, 1881, in the Thumb area of Michigan in the United States. The fire, which burned over a million acres (4,000 km²) in less than a day, was the consequence of drought, hurricane-force winds, heat, the after-effects of the Port Huron Fire of 1871, and the ecological damage wrought by the era's logging techniques. The blaze, also called the Great Thumb Fire, the Great Forest Fire of 1881 and the Huron Fire, killed 282 people in Sanilac, Lapeer, Tuscola and Huron counties. The damage estimate was $2,347,000 in 1881.


  • New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 5, 1882
    Labor day

    McGuire and the Knights of Labor organised a similar parade based on the Canadian event

    New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 5, 1882

    McGuire and the Knights of Labor organised a similar parade based on the Canadian event on 5 September 1882 in New York City, US.


  • Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 13, 1884
    Hot Dog

    An early use of the term hot dog in reference to sausage-meat

    Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 13, 1884

    An early use of the term hot dog in reference to sausage-meat appears in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier (September 14, 1884): even the innocent 'wienerworst' man will be barred from dispensing hot dog on the street corner.


  • Lecompton, Kansas, U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 23, 1885
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    David and Ida married

    Lecompton, Kansas, U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 23, 1885

    Hans's great-great-grandson, David Jacob Eisenhower (1863–1942), was Eisenhower's father and was a college-educated engineer, despite his own father Jacob's urging to stay on the family farm. Eisenhower's mother, Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower, born in Virginia, of predominantly German Protestant ancestry, moved to Kansas from Virginia. She married David on September 23, 1885, in Lecompton, Kansas, on the campus of their alma mater, Lane University. Dwight David Eisenhower's lineage also included English ancestors (on both sides) and Scottish ancestors (through his maternal line).


  • China
    Sep, 1887
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1887 Yellow River Flood

    China
    Sep, 1887

    The 1887 Yellow River flood was a devastating flood on the Yellow River (Huang He) in China. This river is prone to flooding due to the elevated nature of the river, running between dikes above the broad plains surrounding it. The flood, which began in September 1887, killed about 900,000 people. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded.


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