Historical Events in September, Month of September Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 11, 1683 | Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces. |
| September 16, 1863 | Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist. |
| September 21, 1780 | American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point. |
| September 11, 1185 | Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire. |
| September 24, 1568 | Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz. |
| September 24, 787 | Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia. |
| September 26, 1918 | World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces. |
| September 2, 1945 | Communist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam after the end of the Nguyễn dynasty. |
| September 3, 1878 | Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames. |
| September 14, 1607 | Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland. |
| September 22, 1979 | A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined. |
| September 18, 1992 | An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers in Yellowknife, Canada. |
| September 30, 2000 | Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada. |
| September 20, 2008 | A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others. |
| September 24, 1645 | The Battle of Rowton Heath in England is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles. |
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