Historical Events in September, Month of September Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 8, 1888 | In England, the first six Football League matches are played. |
| September 4, 1944 | World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp. |
| September 9, 1944 | 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. |
| September 5, 1915 | The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins. |
| September 20, 1586 | A number of conspirators in the Babington Plot are hanged, drawn and quartered.[4][5] |
| September 16, 2015 | A 8.3 Mw earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also dies in Argentina. |
| September 1, 1644 | Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause. |
| September 19, 1846 | Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette. |
| September 26, 46 | Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus. |
| September 27, 1938 | The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow. |
| September 5, 1945 | Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War. |
| September 5, 1977 | Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft. |
| September 20, 1955 | The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed. |
| September 14, 1829 | The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War. |
| September 11, 1777 | American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania. |
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