History Events on September 09

Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.

#Alexander_I_of_Russia

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

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

#Byzantine_army

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 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

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

#Second_Sino-Japanese_War

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

#United_States_Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development

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

#American_Civil_War

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

#Washington,_D.C.

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

#World_War_I

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

#Israeli-Palestinian_peace_process

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)

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

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

#William_II_of_England

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

#Attica_Prison_riot

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

#1990_Batticaloa_massacre

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

#Elizabeth_II

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

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

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

#Continental_Congress

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

#U_Ottama

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

#Allies_of_World_War_II

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

#Elvis_Presley

Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.

#Tajikistan

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

#Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk

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

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

#Battle_of_Krbava_Field

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

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

#Crimean_War

John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.

#John_Herschel

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

#Mary,_Queen_of_Scots

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

#Colloquy_of_Poissy

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

#Amalthea_(moon)

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

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

#California

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

#Dubai_Metro

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

#Empire_of_Japan

Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.

#Battle_of_Svolder

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

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

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

#Arminius

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

#Kim_Il-sung

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

The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Treznea Massacre in Transylvania.

George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.

Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.

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

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

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