Events on Sep 5
- 1198Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen crowned King of Roman Catholic Germany
- 15192nd Battle of Tehuacingo, Mexico: Hernan Cortes vs. Tlascala Aztecs
- 1550William Cecil appoints himself English Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1596Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java
- 1622Richelieu becomes Cardinal
- 1644Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sas of Gent
- 1661French superintendant of Finance Nicolas Fouquet arrested
- 1725French King Louis XV marries Polish Princess Mary Lesczynski
- 1750Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or "doubtful" goods
- 17741st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia
- 1781Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, traps Cornwallis
- 1786Montplaisir Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium
- 1793In the French Revolution, the "Reign of Terror" begins
- 1795US-Algiers sign peace treaty
- 1796General Salicetti orders equal rights for Jews of Bologna Italy
- 1798New conscription law goes into effect in France
- 1800Malta surrenders to British after they blockade French troops
- 1836Sam Houston elected President of the Republic of Texas
- 1838Central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands
- 1862Lee crosses Potomac and enters Maryland
- 1863Bread revolt in Mobile Alabama
- 1864British, French and Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits
- 1877Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas
- 188210,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in New York City
- 18851st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind)
- 1887Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200
- 1895George Washington Murray elected to Congress from South Carolina
- 1900France proclaims a protectorate over Chad
- 1901National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms
- 1905Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War
Born on Sep 5
- 1187Louis VIII [Coeur-de-Lion]: King of France (1223-26)
- 1319Pedro IV: King of Aragon
- 1600Loreto Vittori: Composer
- 1644Gillis Schey: Dutch Admiral (battle at Lowestoft)
- 1666Gottfried Arnold: German theologist / historian / songwriter
- 1688Lukas Fencer: Dutch poet (Fight of Kings & Mice)
- 1694Frantisek Antonin Mica: Composer
- 1734Jean-Benjamin de La Borde: Composer
- 1735Johann Christian Bach: Composer, Son of JS Bach (English Bach)
- 1737Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann: Composer
- 1750Robert Fergusson: Scottish poet (Scots poems)
- 1767August Wilhelm Schlegel: German poet / translator / critic
- 1771Charles L J: Archduke of Austria / Gov (Austria Netherland)
- 1791Giacomo Meyerbeer: Vogelsdorf, Germany -- Composer (Golt Und Die Natur)
- 1792Alexis-Charles-Maximilien Thibault: Composer
- 1815Carl Wilhelm: Composer
- 1815Tyree Harris Bell: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
- 1842Louis F J Bouwmeester: Dutch actor (Shakespeare)
- 1846John W Cromwell: Secy (American Negro Academy)
- 1848Manuel Giro: Composer
- 1856Jacobus C J Hermans: Actor (7th Command)
- 1867Amy Marcy Cheney Beach: Composer
- 1875Napoleon "Larry" Lajoie: Rhode Island, United States -- Hall of fame shortstop (.426 in 1901)
- 1877O W Albert Roelofs: Dutch painter / etcher
- 1881Otto Bauer: Austrian social-democrat
- 1883Otto E Deutsch: Austrian musicologist (Schubert-Brevier)
- 1885John Raedecker: Dutch sculptor (National monument on the Dam)
- 1888Sarvepalli Radhakrishan: President (India) / philosopher
- 1890Albert H Edelkoort: Theologist (Zondebesef)
- 1892Joseph Szigeti: Budapest, Hungary -- Violinist (Violinist Notebook 1933)
Died on Sep 5
- 1235Henry I: Duke of Brabant
- 1548Catharine Parr: Queen of England / Wife of Henry VIII, dies at about 36
- 1566Suleiman I: Great Law Giver, Sultan of Turkey (1520-66), dies at 71
- 1569Pieter Bruegel: South Netherlands painter, dies at about 44
- 1572Pieter Tichelmann: Flemish Franciscan, dies at about 71
- 1659Pieter de Carpentier: Flemish Governor-General of the Netherlands East-Indies, dies at 71
- 1683Jean-Baptiste Colbert: French Minister of Navy, dies at 64
- 1684John Uytenhage van Lacks: Lawyer / author, drowned at 48
- 1803Francois Devienne: Composer, dies at 44
- 1858Moritz G [Moses] Saphir: Hungarian journalist, dies at 63
- 1859W Friedrich Olivier: German landscape painter, dies at 68
- 1877Crazy Horse [Tashunka Witko]: Last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27
- 1890Ludwig Deppe: Composer, dies at 61
- 1898Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds: Disguised as man fought for union
- 1910Franz Xaver Haberl: German priest / musicologist, dies at 70
- 1910Julian Edwards: Composer, dies at 54
- 1920Robert Harron: Actor (Intolerance), accidental shot to death at 27
- 1932Paul Bern: Husband of Jean Harlow
- 1939Cornelis J "Cor" van Ast: Dutch actor / director (Two Boys), dies at 67
- 1944Willem M Groenewegen: Resistance fighter, executed
- 1968Juan Jose Castro: Composer, dies at 73
- 1969Henk Bijvanck: Composer, dies at 59
- 1969Mitchell Ayres: Orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at 58
- 1972Josef Romano: Israeli olympian, murdered
- 1972Mosje Weinberg: Israeli olympic wrestling coach, murdered
- 1980Barbara Loden: Actress (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies at 48
- 1981Ayatollah Ali Qoddusi: Prosecutor-General of Iran, assassinated
- 1982Maurice Naessens: Belgian banker, dies at 73
- 1990Beppo Brem: Actor (Frontgockel), dies of heart failure at 84
- 1992Billy Herman: 2nd baseman / manager (Dodgers, Cubs), dies at 83
Historical events on September 6
- 0394Battle of Frigidus North-Italy
- 1522Magellen with Vittoria returns to Spain, after 1st round world trip
- 1543French and Turkish fleet occupies Nice
- 16201st stones layed in Western Tower
- 1622Spanish silver fleet disappears off Florida Keys; 1,000s die
- 1628Puritans land at Salem, from Mass Bay Colony, witches soon to settle
- 1675Swedish Admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships
- 1683Le Plecta appointed French Minister of Finance
- 1688Austrian armies occupy Belgrade
- 1690King Willem III escapes back to England
- 1715Pro-James III-uprising in Scotland
- 17161st US lighthouse built (Boston)
- 1732VOC fires Neth-Dutch east indies Governor-General Diederik Dare
- 1776Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French and Dutch ships sinks; 600 die
- 1791Mozarts opera "La Clemenza di Tito, " premieres in Prague
- 1819Thomas Blanchard patents lathe
- 1837Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men)
- 1839Cherokee Nation forms
- 1839Great fire in New York
- 1848National Black Convention meets (Cleveland)
- 1861General Grant occupies Paducah, Kentucky
- 1862Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland
- 1863After 59 day siege, confederates evacuate Ft Wagner, South Carolina
- 1866Frederick Douglass is 1st US black delegate to a national convention
- 18691st westbound train arrives in San Francisco
- 1869Mine fire kills 179 at Avondale, Pennsylvania
- 1870Ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die
- 1873Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street
- 1876Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina
- 1876Southern Pacific line from LA to SF completed
Born on September 6
- 1577Pietro Tacca: Italian sculptor / architect (Aanbidding of the Point)
- 1620Isabella Leonarda: Composer
- 1627Pierre Verdier: Composer
- 1633Sebastian Knupfer: Composer
- 1644Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles: Composer
- 1648Johann Schelle: Composer
- 1697Willem Gideon Deutz: Amsterdam regent / banker / Merchant
- 1702Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber: Composer
- 1729Mozes Mendelssohn: German englightened philosopher (Haksalah)
- 1757Marquis de Lafayette: American patriot, French revolutionary
- 1762Theodorus F van Capellen: Vice-admiral
- 1766John Dalton: English physicist, developed atomic theory of matter
- 1781Anton Diabelli: Austria -- Publisher / composer
- 1788F Wilhelm von Schadow: German painter (Modern Vasari)
- 1797Wililam "Extra Billy" Smith: Confederacy (Confederate Army)
- 1805Horatio Greenough: United States -- Neo-classical sculptor / writer (Form & Function)
- 1811James Melville Gilliss: Founder (Naval Observatory in Washington)
- 1811Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans: Flemish author (Rozeken Pot)
- 1814George Cartier: (C) Canadian co-PM (1858-62)
- 1815John Richardson Liddell: Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
- 1815Karol Katski: Composer
- 1816Francis Stebbins Bartow: Colonel (Confederate Army), died in 1861
- 1817Alexander Tilloch Galt: A Canadian founding father
- 1819Carl Ferdinand Pohl: Composer
- 1819Nicolae Filimon: Romania -- Writer / critic (Ciocoii Vechi Si Noi)
- 1819William Starke Rosecrans: Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1827John Morrison Oliver: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1850Louis F H "Louis" Apol: Painter / etcher / literary
- 1855Ferdinand B Hummel: Composer
- 1860Jane Addams: United States -- Pacifist / social worker / feminist (Nobel 1931)
Died on September 6
- 0394Eugenius: Linguistic / anti Emperor of Rome (392-94), dies in battle
- 0972John XIII Crescentii: Pope (965-72)
- 1635Adrian A Metius: Mathematician / fort architect, dies at 63
- 1649Famiano Strada: Ital Jesuit (bello belgico decades duae), dies at 77
- 1649Robert Dudley: English navigator / writer (Arcano del Mare)
- 1701James II [Stuart]: King of England (1685-88), dies at 68
- 1811Julien-Amable Mathieu: Composer, dies at 77
- 1819Georg Druschetzky: Composer, dies at 74
- 1831Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank: Composer, dies at 49
- 1863Lucius March Walker: Confederate Brigadier General (in duel), dies at 33
- 1902Frederick A Able: English chemist / inventor (cordiet), dies at 75
- 1902Philip James Bailey: English Poet (Universal hymn), dies at 86
- 1903Charles Ammi Cutter: US bibliographer, dies at 66
- 1919Worm Pander: Sculptor
- 1937Henry Kimball Hadley: Composer, dies at 65
- 1941Hugo Loudon: President-director (Royal Oil), dies at 81
- 1944Robert Lejour: Belgian lawyer / resistance fighter, murdered
- 1945John S Mccain: US Admiral, (WWII-Pacific Ocean)
- 1947Paul Guthnick: German astronomer, dies at 76
- 1948Gerrit H Kersten: Vicar / founder (Calvinist Party), dies at 66
- 1952Jose Forns y Cuadras: Composer, dies at 54
- 1956Felix Borowski: Composer, dies at 84
- 1959Edmund Gwenn: Actor (Them, Java Head, Miracle on 34th St), dies at 83
- 1959Kay Kendall: British actress (Genevieve), dies of Leukemia at 32
- 1960Jimmy Savo: Comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at 65
- 1962Hanns Eisler: Composer (North Vietnam / East German National Anthem), dies at 64
- 1963Margarita Sierra: Actress (Surfside 6), dies after heart surgery at 26
- 1965Konstantin Mostras: Composer, dies at 79
- 1966Hendrik F Verwoerd: South African Prime Minister (1958-66), assassinated at 64
- 1966Luigi Perrachio: Composer, dies at 83
Events on Sep 7
- 0070Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem
- 1159Ottaviano de Montecello elected as anti-Pope
- 1497Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV
- 1525Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius ends in the Hague
- 1543Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to Emperor Charles V
- 1596Dutch fleet bombs Banten Java
- 1599Earl van Essex and Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty
- 1652Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English
- 1701Germany, England and Netherlands sign anti-French covenant
- 1714Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine
- 1800Zion AME Church dedicated (NYC)
- 1812Battle at Borodino: Napoleon-Kutuzov
- 1813"Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to US (Troy Post of NY)
- 1822Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day)
- 1822Pedro I, Son of King Joao VI, declares Brazil independence
- 1860Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
- 1863Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass
- 1871Bay of Biskaje: English warship HMS Captain fired on, 500 killed
- 1876Bank robbery by James / Younger fails (Cole / Bob / Jim Younger arrested)
- 1880Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
- 1888Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby place in an incubator
- 1891Captain Frederick Lugards army reaches Kavalli Equatoria
- 1892James Corbett KOs John Sullivan in 21 for heavyweight boxing title
- 18961st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, Rhode Island
- 1896A H Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a track in Cranston, Rhode Island
- 1897George Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH
- 1901Peace of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China
- 1903Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in New York
- 1912Eddie Collins steals record 6 bases in 9-7 Athletics win over Detroit
- 1914New York Post Office Building opens to public
Born on Sep 7
- 1471Frederik I: King of Denmark / Norway (1523-33)
- 1533Elizabeth: Daughter of English King Henry VIII and Anna Boleyn
- 1533Queen Elizabeth I: England, United Kingdom -- (1558-1603) Daughter of Henry VIII
- 1631Clemens Thieme: Composer
- 1635Pal Esterhazy: Composer
- 1703Jean Monnet: Composer
- 1707George-Louis Leclerc [comte de Buffon]: Writer on natural history
- 1731Damasus Brosmann: Composer
- 1731Elisabetta de Gambarini: Composer
- 1735Thomas Coutts: Scottish banker
- 1737Luigi Galvani: Italian anatomist / physicist
- 1739Joseph Legros: Composer
- 1756Willem Bilderdijk: Dutch poet / literature (Disease of Scientists)
- 1782Bernardus JC Dibbets: Dutch Baron / General Major (Maastricht)
- 1784Frantisek Max Knize: Composer
- 1811William Hamsley Emory: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
- 1815Howell Cobb II: Major General / Secy of Treas (Union), died in 1868
- 1819Jean E "Adriaan" van Bevervoorde: Journalist (History of Holland)
- 1829August Kekule von Stradonitz: Discovered structure of benzene ring
- 1829Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden: United States -- Geologist (Geograph Survey 1859-86)
- 1836Henry Campbell-Bannerman: British Prime Minister (L) (1905-08)
- 1842John H Zuckertort: German chess player
- 1860Willem H Nolens: Priest / Dutch ambassador to Vatican
- 1864Giovanni Tebaldini: Composer
- 1867Albert Basserman: Mannheim, Germany -- Actor (Foreign Correspondant)
- 1869Margot SE Scharten-Antink: Dutch author (Catherina, Sprotje)
- 1879Nachman N "Neddy" Bamberg: Dutch actor (Haddock Mary)
- 1880Attilio Brugnoli: Composer
- 1880Kurt von Wolfurt: Composer
- 1881Constantly WL Scheurleer: Dutch archaeologist / banker / art expert
Died on Sep 7
- 1134Alfonso I de Strijdvaardige: King of Aragon (1104-34)
- 1151Geoffrey Plantagenet: Earl of Anjou / Duke of Normandy, dies at 38
- 1625Rombout Hogerbeets: Lawyer / pension executive of Lead, dies at 64
- 1721Bernhard Albinus [Weiss]: German artist (Frederik of Prussia)
- 1775Johann Georg Holzbogen: Composer, dies at 48
- 1799John Ingen Housz: Dutch / English Physician / nature investigator, dies at 68
- 1809Caroline von Schelling [Michaelis]: German author, dies at 46
- 1809Karoline Schelling: Writer
- 1819Jean-Louis Duport: Composer, dies at 69
- 1820Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma: Fries regent / patriot, dies at 67
- 1838Joseph Panny: Composer, dies at 43
- 1845Isabella Colbran: Wife of Italian Composer Gioacchino Rossini
- 1871Cowper Phipps Coles: English inventor (Steel warships), drowns
- 1871Mehmed E Ali Pasja: Turkish statesman
- 1872Antoni Stolpe: Composer, dies at 21
- 1881Sidney Clopton Lanier: Composer, dies at 39
- 1892John G Whittier: US Poet / secretary Anti-Slavery Society
- 1902Franz Wullner: Composer, dies at 70
- 1907R F Armand Sully-Prudhomme: French Poet (Poesies, Nobel 1901)
- 1933Edward Grey: English Viscount of Fallodon / Foreign minister
- 1940Edmund Rumpler: Austria auto / airplane builder
- 1944Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes: Composer, dies at 70
- 1946Paul Zech: Writer, dies at 65
- 1948Henricus A Poels: Dutch RC Theologist / social foreman, dies at 80
- 1951Maria Montez: Actress (Arabian Nights, Sudan), dies at 31
- 1955Earnest Rabel: Austrian / US civil rights activist, dies at 81
- 1960Wilhelm Pieck: President of German DR (1949-60), dies at 84
- 1961Pieter S Gerbrandy: Lawyer / Premier to London 1940-5, dies at 76
- 1962Karen Blixen-Finecke: Baroness / writer (Out of Africa), dies at 77
- 1965Catherine Dale Owen: Actress (Behind Office Doors), dies at 62