509 BC: The temple of Jupiter on Rome’s Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September

335: Church of Holy Sepulchre consecrated in Jerusalem

1224: Francis of Assisi is afflicted with stigmata after a vision praying on Mount Verna

1501: Michelangelo begins work on his Statue of David, a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture

1845: English chemist Michael Faraday discovers the ‘Faraday effect’, the influence of a magnetic field on polarized light

1847: American-Mexican war: US General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City

1993: Public unveiling of the Oslo Accords, an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement initiated by Norway, signed by Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres and PLO official Mahmoud Abbas

Source: Onthisday.com