On this day: 7 September

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Events · 31

• 1191(Julian date)
  Battle of Arsuf — 1191 Christian Crusader victory against Saladin
• 1625
  Treaty of Southampton — 1625 alliance between England and the Dutch Republic
• 1642
  Battle of Babylon Hill — 1642 a skirmish of First English Civil War
• 1689
  Treaty of Nerchinsk — border treaty between the Tsardom of Russia and the Qing Empire (1689)
• 1706
  Siege of Turin — 1706 battle
• 1714
  Treaty of Baden — treaty that ended formal hostilities between France and the Holy Roman Empire
• 1778
  Invasion of Dominica — 1778 French invasion of Dominica
• 1812
  Battle of Borodino — 1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
• 1822
  Brazil — country in South America
• 1822
  Empire of Brazil — empire in South America between 1822 and 1889
• 1822
  Independence of Brazil — Series of political events that occurred in Brazil between 1821 and 1824
• 1893
  Genoa CFC — association football club in Genoa, Italy
• 1901
  Boxer Protocol — Diplomatic protocol, final agreement between China and eleven countries on compensation for the 1900 riots
• 1923
  Interpol — International Criminal Police Organization (founded 1923)
• 1932
  Battle of Boquerón — 1932 battle
• 1940
  the Blitz — 1940 German bombing of Britain during WWII
• 1940
  Treaty of Craiova — 1940 territorial settlement between Romania and Bulgaria regarding the partition of Dobruja
• 1945
  Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 — Military Triumph Parade in 1945
• 1970
  Vietnam Television — National television broadcaster of Vietnam
• 1975
  Commercial Television — television station
• 1977
  Torrijos–Carter Treaties — treaties signed by the United States and Panama in 1977
• 1979
  ESPN — American broadcast sports network
• 1986
  attempted assassination of Augusto Pinochet — 1986 event in Chile
• 1996
  Ultraman Tiga — Japanese television series
• 1999
  1999 Athens earthquake — September 1999 earthquake in Greece
• 2005
  2005 Egyptian presidential election — first allegedly contested presidential election in Egypt's history
• 2008
  2008 Hong Kong legislative election
• 2010
  2010 Senkaku boat collision incident — international incident
• 2011
  2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster — 2011 aviation accident in Russia
• 2012
  2012 Yunnan earthquakes — Earthquakes in China
• 2017
  2017 Oaxaca and Chiapas Earthquake — 8.2 earthquake with epicenter in Chiapas

Births · 60

• 1533(Julian date)
  Elizabeth I of England — Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603 (1533-1603)
• 1683
  Maria Anna of Austria — Portuguese queen
• 1707
  Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon — French natural historian (1707-1788)
• 1726
  François-André Danican Philidor — French composer and chess player (1726-1795)
• 1795
  John William Polidori — English writer and physician (1795–1821)
• 1810
  Hermann Heinrich Gossen — Prussian economist (1810–1858)
• 1817
  Louise of Hesse-Kassel — queen consort of Denmark from 1863 to 1898
• 1819
  Thomas A. Hendricks — American politician (1819–1885)
• 1829
  August Kekulé — German organic chemist (1829–1896)
• 1836
  Henry Campbell-Bannerman — British Prime Minister from 1905 to 1908 (1836–1908)
• 1842
  Johannes Zukertort — German chess master (1842-1888)
• 1860
  Grandma Moses — American painter (1860–1961)
• 1866
  Tristan Bernard — French playwright (1866–1947)
• 1887
  Edith Sitwell — British poet (1887-1964)
• 1909
  Elia Kazan — American director and actor (1909–2003)
• 1911
  Todor Zhivkov — former General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party
• 1912
  David Packard — American electrical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (1912–1996)
• 1914
  James A. Van Allen — American astrophysicist (1914–2006)
• 1917
  John Cornforth — Australian-British chemist
• 1923
  Peter Lawford — British actor (1923–1984)
• 1924
  Daniel Inouye — United States Senator from Hawaii (1924–2012)
• 1930
  Baudouin I of Belgium — fifth king of the Belgians (1930–1993)
• 1930
  Sonny Rollins — American jazz saxophonist and composer (1930–2026)
• 1934
  Omar Karami — Lebanese politician (1934-2015)
• 1935
  Abdou Diouf — Senegalese President

Deaths · 60

• 251(Julian date)
  Sima Yi — Chinese general, politician and regent (179-251)
• 355(Julian date)
  Silvanus — 4th-century Roman general and usurper
• 859
  Emperor Xuánzong of Tang — Emperor of Tang China from 846 to 859 AD
• 1134(Julian date)
  Alphonse the Battler — King of Aragon and Pamplona (1073-1134)
• 1151(Julian date)
  Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou — Duke of Normandy
• 1312(Julian date)
  Ferdinand IV of Castile — Spanish monarch
• 1354(Julian date)
  Andrea Dandolo — Doge of Venice (1306-1354)
• 1362(Julian date)
  Joan of The Tower — Queen of Scotland
• 1464(Julian date)
  Frederick II — elector of Saxony (1428–1464) and landgrave of Thuringia (1440–1445)
• 1559(Julian date)
  Robert Estienne — Italian printer and bookseller (fl. 1526-1560)
• 1566(Julian date)
  Nikola Šubić Zrinski — Croatian-Hungarian nobleman and general (1508–1566)
• 1573(Julian date)
  Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal — Spanish infanta, Austrian archduchess, Portuguese princess
• 1619
  Marko Krizin — Croatian priest, martyr and saint
• 1619
  Melchior Grodziecki — Polish Jesuit, saint, martyr
• 1644
  Guido Bentivoglio — Italian cardinal and diplomat (1579–1644)
• 1809
  Phutthayotfa Chulalok — King of Siam (1737–1809)
• 1833
  Hannah More — English writer and philanthropist (1745-1833)
• 1871
  Mehmed Emin Âli Paşa — Ottoman statesman and Grand Vizier (1815–1871)
• 1881
  Sidney Lanier — American musician and poet (1842–1881)
• 1892
  John Greenleaf Whittier — American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery (1807-1892)
• 1893
  Hamilton Fish — American politician (1808–1893)
• 1910
  William Holman Hunt — Pre-Raphaelite artist (1827-1910)
• 1933
  Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon — British Liberal statesman (1862-1933)
• 1939
  Kyōka Izumi — Japanese writer (1873-1939)
• 1940
  José Félix Estigarribia — President of Paraguay (1888-1940)