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Historical Events on September 1

113 significant historical events occurred on September 1. September 1 is notable for 43 historical events spanning multiple centuries. This date includes scientific discoveries like Neptune's identification in 1846, political events such as Spain's Glorious Revolution in 1868 and the Kornilov affair in Russia in 1917, military actions like the Great Retreat of Russian forces in 1915, and natural disasters such as the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923.

Total Events
113
Time Span
-5382023
Categories
6
Top Category
war
60 events

29 famous birthdays on September 1

Including Roy J. Glauber, Annie Ernaux, Francis W. Aston

Event Distribution by Century

Darker = Higher Density
-5th C.21st C.

-5th Century

1 event
war

Final battle of the Persian conquest of Babylonia

-4th Century

2 events
war

411 BCE naval battle between Sparta and Athens

war

Battle of the Peloponnesian war

-3th Century

1 event
war

Sea battle that took place during the Boeotian War

-2th Century

1 event
war

Battle of the Second Punic War

-1th Century

1 event
war

191 BCE naval battle in which the Roman Republic and Pergamon defeated the Seleucids

0th Century

1 event
war

Battle of Sulla's Second Civil War

1st Century

1 event
war

Battle between a coalition of Germanic peoples and an Imperial Roman army, 9 BCE

2nd Century

1 event
war

Battle between the Roman Empire and the Dacians (101)

3rd Century

1 event
war

Battle between the Goths and the Romans under Emperor Gallienus (268/269)

7th Century

1 event
war

634 conflict between the Rashidun Caliphate and Byzantine Empire

8th Century

1 event
war

Battle between the armies of the Abbasid Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire

11th Century

2 events
war

1071 battle between the Byzantine Empire and Seljuk Turks

war

1096 battle in the People's (First) Crusade

12th Century

1 event
war

1147 battle between the Byzantines and German crusaders

13th Century

2 events
war

1260 attack on the Marinid city by the Crown of Castile

war

1275 Granada defeated Castile

14th Century

4 events
war

14th-century skirmish in Scotland

war

1315 battle in Ireland

politics

1335 treaty between Poland and Bohemia

war

1346 battle during the Hundred Years' War

15th Century

3 events
war

1429 attempt by Hafsid Tunisia to take over the island of Malta

war

1431 battle in Highland, Scotland, UK

war

1480-1481 invasion of the Italian city of Otranto by Ottoman Empire forces

16th Century

2 events
war

1561 fourth battle of Kawanakajima

war

1600 A crucial battle in the series leading up to the decisive battle of Sekigahara which ended Japan's Sengoku period

17th Century

4 events
war

Battle fought in 1624

war

1625 military conflict

war

1641 siege of the thirty years' war

war

1644 battle of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

18th Century

6 events
war

Two separate attempts by English colonists from New England to conquer Acadia in 1707

war

Battle in 1750 between Thekkumkur and Travancore, India

war

1757 military operation

war

18th-century war painting

war

1777 attack on American militiamen during the American Revolutionary War near the Virginia outpost known as Fort Henry by a mixed band of Indians

general

Mounted US cavalryman jumps off cliff and survives

19th Century

11 events
war

1809–1810 naval battle

politics

1822 anti-slavery treaty

war

Naval battle between Texas and Mexico

politics

Cincinnati riots of 1841

science

Discovery of Neptune — human discovery of the planet Neptune

war

1854 main operation on the Pacific Theatre of the Crimean War

war

1865 starvation campaign in the Paraguayan War

general

Glorious Revolution — 1868 revolution in Spain that deposed Queen Isabella II

war

1881 Part of the Apache Wars

war

1893 US Marshal v D Daltons

war

1883–1896 pair of French colonial invasions of Madagascar

20th Century

32 events
war

1914 battle on the Eastern Front of the First World War

war

Great Retreat — 1915 strategic retreat by Russian forces during World War I

war

Kornilov affair — attempted military coup d'état by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army

disaster

1923 Great Kantō Earthquake — earthquake

war

Central Plains War — Central Plains War in China

war

1939 one of the first battles of the Invasion of Poland in World War II

war

Intelligenzaktion — secret mass murder conducted by Nazi Germany against the Polish intelligentsia early in the Second World War

war

WWII Polish invasion battle

war

1939 battle during the battle of the Border of the Invasion of Poland

war

Battles that occurred in the first days of the Nazi Germany invasion of Poland in September 1939

war

1939 World War II battle

general

Operation Sea Lion — cancelled Nazi German plan for invading Britain

general

1941 rebellion in Croatia

war

Kuril Islands landing operation — part of the 1945 Soviet–Japanese War

general

1960 Summer Paralympics — 1960 edition of the Summer Paralympics

general

Defection from America to the Soviet Union

general

The failure of US athletes to perform well in the track and field events on 1 Sept. 1960 at the Rome Olympics

war

1961 battle of the Eritrean War of Independence

politics

Dispute over integration at University of Mississippi

politics

Civil disorder in Ohio

politics

1966 race riot in the United States

general

1969 UFO incident in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, US

war

Munich massacre — Palestinian terror attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany

sports

1979 Mediterranean Games — 8th edition of the Mediterranean Games

general

Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash — 1983 shoot-down of a civilian airliner over the then–Soviet Union

politics

Riots in Hoyerswerda, Germany in September 1991

politics

Outbreak of violence in Ely, Wales, Cardiff in September 1991

sports

1992 Summer Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain

politics

Riots event occurring in Imo state in 1996

war

1997 ambush in Lebanon

war

Battle during the Sri Lankan civil war

war

1999 Russian apartment bombings — series of explosions

21st Century

34 events
politics

2001 religious violence between Christians and Muslims in Jos, Nigeria

general

2002 Belgian Grand Prix — Formula One race

war

Beslan school siege — 2004 terrorist attack in North Ossetia, Russian Federation

sports

2004 Summer Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Athens, Greece

general

September 2005 — month of 2005

general

September 2007 — month of 2007

sports

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup — 2007 edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup

general

September 2008 — month of 2008

sports

2008 Summer Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Beijing, China

general

Attacks and ensuing unrest event

general

Series of bombings in Lahore, Pakistan

general

September 2010 — month of 2010

general

September 2012 — month of 2012

general

September 2013 — month of 2013

war

Military conflict in 2013 in the Philippines

general

September 2014 — month of 2014

science

Volkswagen emissions scandal — fraud on emissions tests using a defeat device from 2009 to 2015 by Volkswagen

general

September 2015 — month of 2015

disaster

Earthquake in New Zealand

sports

2016 Summer Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

general

September 2016 — month of 2016

general

September 2017 — month of 2017

general

September 2018 — month of 2018

general

Financial event affecting interest rates

general

September 2019 — month of 2019

general

2019 Belgian Grand Prix — Formula 1 Grand Prix

general

September 2020 — month of 2020

general

September 2021 — month of 2021

general

Speech by US President Joe Biden

general

September 2022 — month of 2022

general

2023 G20 New Delhi summit — 18th G20 summit

general

September 2023 — month of 2023

war

2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh — 2023 military offensive against the self-declared breakaway state of Artsakh

general

Storm Daniel — 2023 storm in the Mediterranean Sea

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