Historical Events on September 1
43 notable historical events happened on September 1 throughout history.
17 famous birthdays on September 1 — including José María Castro Madriz, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Pedro Cea19th Century2 events
Glorious Revolution — 1868 revolution in Spain that deposed Queen Isabella II
20th Century14 events
Great Retreat — 1915 strategic retreat by Russian forces during World War I
Kornilov affair — attempted military coup d'état by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army
Intelligenzaktion — secret mass murder conducted by Nazi Germany against the Polish intelligentsia early in the Second World War
Operation Sea Lion — cancelled Nazi German plan for invading Britain
Kuril Islands landing operation — part of the 1945 Soviet–Japanese War
1960 Summer Paralympics — 1960 edition of the Summer Paralympics
Munich massacre — Palestinian terror attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany
1979 Mediterranean Games — 8th edition of the Mediterranean Games
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash — 1983 shoot-down of a civilian airliner over the then–Soviet Union
1992 Summer Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain
21st Century27 events
Beslan school siege — 2004 terrorist attack in North Ossetia, Russian Federation
2004 Summer Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Athens, Greece
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup — 2007 edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup
2008 Summer Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Beijing, China
Volkswagen emissions scandal — fraud on emissions tests using a defeat device from 2009 to 2015 by Volkswagen
2016 Summer Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh — 2023 military offensive against the self-declared breakaway state of Artsakh