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History Events on September 09

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History Events on September 09

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Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.

#Alexander_I_of_Russia

In 1801

The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.

#Indian_Space_Research_Organisation

In 2012

A Byzantine army of 15,000 men under Belisarius lands at Caput Vada (modern Tunisia) and marches to Carthage.

#Byzantine_army

In 533

Anne becomes sovereign Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the union of Brittany and France.

#Anne_of_Brittany

In 1488

In the Battle of Saint George, the Byzantines under Andronikos Asen ambush and defeat the forces of the Principality of Achaea, securing possession of Arcadia.

#Battle_of_Saint_George

In 1320

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.

#Second_Sino-Japanese_War

In 1945

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.

#United_States_Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development

In 1965

American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.

#American_Civil_War

In 1863

Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.

#Washington,_D.C.

In 1791

World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.

#World_War_I

In 1914

Israeli-Palestinian peace process: The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.

#Israeli-Palestinian_peace_process

In 1993

Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.

#Constantine_II_(emperor)

In 337

Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10-12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.

#Hurricane_Betsy

In 1965

William Rufus becomes King of England, taking the title William II, (reigned until 1100).

#William_II_of_England

In 1087

The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.

#Attica_Prison_riot

In 1971

Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.

#1990_Batticaloa_massacre

In 1990

Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.

#Elizabeth_II

In 2015

James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.

#James_IV_of_Scotland

In 1513

The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.

#Portuguese_Navy

In 1936

The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.

#Continental_Congress

In 1776

Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.

#U_Ottama

In 1939

World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.

#Allies_of_World_War_II

In 1943

Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.

#Elvis_Presley

In 1956

Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.

#Tajikistan

In 1991

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.

#Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk

In 1923

The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it "maniacal recklessness".

#North_Korea

In 2016

Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.

#Battle_of_Krbava_Field

In 1493

World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.

#World_War_II

In 1939

Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.

#Crimean_War

In 1855

John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.

#John_Herschel

In 1839

Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.

#Mary,_Queen_of_Scots

In 1543

The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.

#Colloquy_of_Poissy

In 1561

Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.

#Amalthea_(moon)

In 1892

In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.

#Kentucky

In 1972

California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.

#California

In 1850

The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.

#Dubai_Metro

In 2009

World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.

#Empire_of_Japan

In 1942

Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.

#Battle_of_Svolder

In 1000

The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.

#Compromise_of_1850

In 1850

The 6.7 Mw? Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.

#1954_Chlef_earthquake

In 1954

Arminius' alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushes and annihilates three Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

#Arminius

In 9 AD

Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).

#Kim_Il-sung

In 1948

A wave of attacks kill more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.

In 2012

The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.

In 2002

Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.

In 2001

A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.

In 1970

In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.

In 1969

The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.

In 1966

First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.

In 1947

World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.

In 1944

Treznea Massacre in Transylvania.

In 1940

George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.

In 1940

Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.

In 1924

The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.

In 1922

Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.

In 1739

Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.

In 1141

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