622: Islamic Prophet Muhammed/Abu Bakr arrives in Jathrib (Medina) 1519: Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan sets off on the 1st successful circumnavigation of the globe (Magellan killed on route) 1854: Battle of the Alma: British, French and Ottoman alliance defeat the Russian Empire in the 1st major battle of the Crimean War 1990: Both East and West Germany […]
1356: English forces under Edward the Black Prince defeat French at the Battle of Poitiers and capture the French King John II during the Hundred Years’ War 1870: Siege of Paris by Prussian Forces begins (lasts until January 28 1871) 1893: New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote 1985: 8.1 earthquake in Mexico City kills […]
1811: British East India Company force led by Baron Minto conquers Java, part of the Dutch East Indies, Stamford Raffles appointed lieutenant governor 1812: Great Fire of Moscow burns out after 5 days, 75% of the city destroyed and 12,000 killed 1873: Government bond agent Jay Cooke & Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St, the start of the panic of […]
642: Arab forces under Amr ibn al-‘As conquer Alexandria 1683: Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is the first to report the existence of bacteria 1787: The US Constitution is signed by delegates at the Philadelphia Convention 1862: Battle of Antietam [Battle of Sharpsburg], bloodiest day in the American Civil War: 22,000 dead, wounded or missing in first battle on Union soil […]
1620: The Mayflower departs Plymouth, England, with 102 Pilgrims and about 30 crew for the New World [O.S. Sep 6] 1795: British capture Capetown, South Africa, from the Dutch 1810: Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, calling for the end of Spanish rule (Mexican Independence Day) 1848: Slavery abolished in all French territories 1963: Federation of Malaysia formed by Malaya, Singapore, British North […]
1616: First non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy 1821: Act of Independence of Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras & Nicaragua declare their independence from the Spanish Empire 1835: HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin on board reaches the Galapagos Islands 1916: First use of tanks in warfare, “Little Willies” at Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of […]
1752: Britain and the British Empire (including the American colonies) adopt the Gregorian calendar (no Sept 3 – Sept 13) 1936: 1st prefrontal lobotomy in America performed by Walter Freeman and James W. Watts at George Washington University Hospital in Washington D.C. 1939: World’s 1st practical helicopter, the VS-300 designed by Igor Sikorsky takes (tethered) flight in Stratford, Connecticut 1949: India’s Constituent Assembly […]
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 1782: The Grand Assault on Gibraltar by the allied French and […]
1758: French astronomer Charles Messier mistakenly identifies the Crab Nebula, and begins his Messier Catalogue 1909: World’s first patent for synthetic rubber granted to German chemist Fritz Hofmann 1933: Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives idea of a nuclear chain reaction 1940: Four teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux, France and […]
1297: Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel William Wallace defeats the English 1609: Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain’s Moriscos 1697: Battle of Zenta: forces of Prince Eugen of Savoye defeat the Turks, ending Ottoman control of large parts of Central Europe 1708: Great Northern War: Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to […]
