Events on Sep 9
- 0701St. Sergius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1513Battle of Flodden Fields; English defeat James IV of Scotland
- 1556Pope Paul IV refuses to crown Ferdinand of Austria Emperor
- 1561Sermon of Poissy
- 1567Lomaraal van Egmond and Philip van Hoorne captured
- 1675New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians
- 1683Expelled Polish and Lotharings reach Wienerwald
- 1739Slave revolt in Stono SC led by Jemmy (25 whites killed)
- 17531st steam engine arrives in US colonies
- 1776Continental Congress renames "United Colonies, " "US"
- 1817Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from US college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College
- 1830Charles Durant, 1st US aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, NYC to Perth Amboy, New Jersey
- 1839John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph
- 1841Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300
- 1850California becomes 31st state
- 1850Territories of New Mexico and Utah created
- 1861Sally Tompkins is only Confederate Army female commissioned officer
- 1862Lee splits his army and sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry
- 1863Battle of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
- 1867Luxembourg gains independence
- 1880President Hayes visits San Francisco
- 1881Egyptian military coup under Colonel Arab "El Wahid"
- 1892E E Barnard at Lick discovers Amalthea, 5th Jupiter moon
- 1895American Bowling Congress forms (NYC)
- 1898Ottawa Football Club re-organizes into the Rough Riders
- 1899French Captain Alfred Dreyfus sentenced on unjust grounds
- 19036 km long Engadin-railroad tunnel of Switzerland inaugurated
- 1904Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2, " Yankee name not official till 1913
- 1904Mounted police 1st used in New York City
- 1908Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Virginia
Born on Sep 9
- 0384Flavius Honorius: Emperor East Roman Republic (395-423)
- 1583Girolamo Frescobaldi: Composer
- 1585Armand-Jean du Plessicide de Richelieu: Premier of France (1624-42)
- 1618Joan Cererols: Composer
- 1629Cornelis Tromp: Dutch Lieutenant Admiral General / Son of Maarten Tromp
- 1646Zeger B van Espen: Flemish theologist
- 1664Johann Christoph Pez: Composer
- 1687Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault: Composer
- 1752Johann Friedrich Christmann: Composer
- 1769Cornelis F van Maanen: Dutch Minister of Justice (1807..42)
- 1789William Cranch Bond: United States -- Astronomer (codiscovered Hyperion)
- 1809William Radford: Commander (Union Navy), died in 1890
- 1817Speed Smith Fry: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
- 1819Martin Luther Smith: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1866
- 1822Napoleon J K P Bonaparte: French Prince / member National Convention
- 1826Frederich I W L: Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907)
- 1826Thomas John Lucas: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1908
- 1834Joseph H Shorthouse: English writer (John Inglesant)
- 1834William MacRae: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1882
- 1840Gentil T Antheunis: Flemish poet / music / composer
- 1850Harishchandra: India -- Poet / dramatist / father of modern Hindi
- 1850Leopoldo Miguez: Composer
- 1855Houston S Chamberlain: British / German race theorist
- 1858Benjamin Kidel: English Sudan (Control of the Tropics)
- 1865Edwin Lehare: Composer
- 1868Mary Austin: Illinois, United States -- Feminist / nature writer (Land of Little Rain)
- 1872Delilah L Beasley: US author / columnist (Negro trail-blazers)
- 1872Josef Stransky: Composer
- 1873Edward Burlingame Hill: Composer
- 1877Frank Chance: Baseball player / manager
Died on Sep 9
- 1087William I [The Conqueror]: King of England / Duke of Normandy
- 1438Eduard [Dom Duarte]: King of Portugal (1433-38) / writer
- 1488Francois II of Bretagne
- 1513James IV: King of Scotland (1488-1513), dies in battle at 40
- 1683Algernon Sidney: English Whig politician / plotter, beheaded
- 1713Giovanni A di Bartlommeo Viscardi: Swiss architect
- 1770Bernard S Albinus [Weiss]: German surgeon / anatomist, dies at 73
- 1770Georg D Ehret: German / English cartoonist, dies at 62
- 1803Armand-Emmanuel Trial: Composer, dies at 32
- 1810Johann Baptiste Hagenauer: Austrian sculptor, dies at 78
- 1815John Singleton Copley: British painter, dies at 77
- 1817Paul Cuffe: Civil rights activist (Sierre Leone), dies at 58
- 1832Bernhard Joseph Klein: Composer, dies at 39
- 1841Augustin P de Candolle: Swiss botanist, dies at 63
- 1866Gergely Czuczor: Hungarian / Czech Poet / translator, dies at 65
- 1876American Horse: Sioux chief, dies in battle
- 1878Jacobo Ficher: Composer, dies at 18
- 1888John van Swieten: Dutch Governor of West-Sumatra, dies at 71
- 1901Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: French painter, dies at 36
- 1901Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller: Minister of Cologne dies
- 1902Titus AJ van Asch van Wijck: Gov of Suriname (1891-97), dies at 53
- 1913Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer: Belgian politician
- 1926David Lobo: Dutch actor, dies in railway accident
- 1926Greta Lobo-Braakensiek: Dutch actress in railway accident
- 1931Lujo [Ludwig J von] Brentano: German economist dies at 86
- 1941Gustav Ehrismann: German germanist, dies at 85
- 1946Mynona: Writer, dies at 74
- 1948James Baskett
- 1951Cecil Gray: Composer, dies at 56
- 1951Gibson Gowland: Actor (Greed), dies at 74
Historical events on September 10
- 0422St. Celestine I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 0918Arnulf I the Old becomes landsheer of Flanders
- 1349Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death
- 1510Bishop Frederik of Bathe recaptures Oldenzaal
- 1547Battle at Pinkie, Midlothian: English beat the Scots
- 1547English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of Scots, 5
- 1608John Smith elected President of Jamestown colony council, Virginia
- 1776George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers
- 1785Prussia signs trade agreement with US
- 1798British Honduras beats Spain in battle of St. George
- 1813Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie
- 1823Simon Bolivar named President of Peru
- 1845King Willem II opens Amsterdam Stock exchange
- 1846Elias Howe patents sewing machine
- 1846Japan invents the rickshaw
- 18471st theater opens in Hawaii
- 18491st performance by US actor Edwin Booth (Richard III)
- 1858John Holden hits 1st recorded home run (Brooklyn vs. NY)
- 1861Battle of Carnifex Ferry VA, 170 casualities
- 1869Baptist Minister invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan
- 1870Dutch Jurist Cooperation forms
- 1872Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam
- 1880Pierre de Brazza signs treaty with King Makoko of Congo
- 18821st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets Dresden Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests)
- 1884Congressman John R Lynch presides over Republican National Convention
- 1897Police shoot at striking mine workers in Penns, kills 20
- 18992nd quake in 7 days (8.6) hits Yakutat Bay, Alaska
- 190020.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record)
- 1902Utrecht soccer team UVV forms
- 1905Japanese battleship Mikasa explodes
Born on September 10
- 1487Julius III: Counter-Reformation Pope (1550-55)
- 1585Ercole Porta: Composer
- 1588Nicholas Lanier: Composer
- 1645Romeyn de Hooghe: Haarlem, Netherlands -- Painter / goldsmith
- 1736Carter Braxton: US farmer / signer (Declaration of Independence)
- 1751Bartolomeo Campagnoli: Italian violinist / composer / conductor
- 1752John Soane: English architect (Bank of England, Soane Museum)
- 1779Louis Alexandre Piccinni: Composer
- 1787John Jordan Crittenden: MC (Union), died in 1863
- 1810Albert Gallatin Blanchard: Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
- 1815Eleazer Arthur Paine: Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
- 1823Adolf von Doss: Composer
- 1832Randall Lee Gibson: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
- 1836Joseph Wheeler II: Major General (Confederacy / Cavalry / Army of Tennessee)
- 1836Karl Merz: Composer
- 1848William M Harnett: US painter (Old Violin)
- 1854Anton CR Dreesmann: German / Netherlands manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman)
- 1857James E Keeler: United States -- Astronomer (rings of Saturn)
- 1866Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin: Composer
- 1869Caro Roma: Composer
- 1872Josephina "Frieda" Herberich: Actress (Verdoold Sheep)
- 1875Paul Scheinpflug: Composer
- 1877Georgia B D Camp Johnson: United States -- Poet / playwright (Autumn Love Cycle)
- 1883Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer: Dutch author / poster artist
- 1885Berthold Altaner: German church historian (Patrologie)
- 1885Carl Clinton Van Doren: US literary (9th Wave)
- 1885Johannes de Jong: Cardinal / Archbishop of Utrecht (Handbook)
- 1887Giovanni Gronchi: President of Italy
- 1889Vilem Petrzelka: Composer
- 1890Franz Werfel: Austria -- Author (40 Days of Musa Dagh)
Died on September 10
- 0918Boudouin II the Bare: Originator of Flanders territory
- 0954Louis IV: Of overseas, King of France
- 1279Robert Kilwardby / Anglicus: English philosopher / Cardinal
- 1305Nicholas van Tolentino: Italian saint
- 1382Louis I [the Great]: King of Hungary / Poland
- 1419Jan zonder Vrees: Duke of Burgundy / Count of Flanders, murdered
- 1419John the Fearless: Burgundy / French warrior, murdered at 48
- 1547Pierlugi Faraese: Italian Son of Pope Paul III, murdered
- 1600John Bruhesius [Bruhesen]: Bishop of Groningen
- 1623John I Van de Velde: Calligrapher (Mirror of Write-Konste)
- 1680Marco Uccellini: Composer
- 1765Jacob Gilles: Pension advisor, dies at about 74
- 1806Johann C Adelung: German translator / librarian, dies at 74
- 1831George Guest: Composer, dies at 60
- 1839Pieter Fontijn: Dutch painter, dies at 66
- 1845Karl August von Lichtenstein: Composer, dies at 78
- 1858Henry Wellington Greatorex: Composer, dies at 44
- 1867Simon Sechter: Composer, dies at 78
- 1868Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen: Composer, dies at 79
- 1895Harrison Millard: Composer, dies at 64
- 1898Elisabeth AE: Empress of Austria / Wife of Franz Joseph I, dies at 60
- 1916Friedrich Gernsheim: Composer, dies at 77
- 1922Arpad Szendy: Composer, dies at 59
- 1931Alfonso Randano: Composer, dies at 78
- 1932Percy Fletcher: Composer, dies at 52
- 1934George Henschel: Composer, dies at 84
- 1942Nachman N "Neddy" Bamberg: Actor, dies in Auschwitz at 63
- 1944Jaap P Musch: Dutch resistance fighter, murdered by Nazis
- 1945Vaino Raitio: Composer, dies at 54
- 1951Giuseppe Mule: Composer, dies at 66
Events on Sep 11
- 0813Charles the Great crowns Louis I Emperor
- 1297Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel Wm Wallace beats English
- 1304Willem III becomes Earl of Holland
- 1557Catholic and Lutheran theology debated in Worm
- 1649Massacre of Drogheda-Cromwell kills 3,000 royalists
- 1649Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda Ireland, most inhabitants massacred
- 1697Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen van Savoye beats Turkish superior power
- 1709Battle at Malplaquet: Engl / Aust / Dutch Great Alliance beat France
- 1714French and Spanish troops under Duke of Berwick occupy Barcelona
- 1741Queen Maria Theresa addresses Hungarian Parliament
- 1773Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace"
- 1777Battle of Brandywine, Pa; Americans lose to British
- 1786Annapolis Convention to determine interstate commerce
- 1789Alexander Hamilton appointed 1st Secretary of Treasury
- 1814Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; American Navy defeats British
- 1831Charles Darwin meets with Captain Fitzroy at Plymouth
- 18391st Canadian track and field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds)
- 18471st singing of Stephen Fosters "Susanna" (in Pittsburgh)
- 1850"Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind gives 1st US concert
- 1852Olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R
- 1857Mountain Meadows Massacre-120 colonists killed by indians in Utah
- 18751st newspaper cartoon strip
- 1877Rijkslandbouwhoge school opens in Wageningen
- 1881Triple landslides bury Elm Switzerland
- 1883James Cutler patents postal mail chute
- 1885Moses Hopkins, named Minister to Liberia
- 1889Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Crooked Man" (BG)
- 1893Bronx Gas and Electric Company opens on Frisby and Tremont Ave
- 1893Shaku Soen is 1st Zen teacher to visit the West (Chicago)
- 1895FA Cup stolen in Birmingham
Born on Sep 11
- 1458Bernardo Accolti [Unico Aretino]: Italian writer (Virginia)
- 1476Louise of Savoye: French mother / regentes of King Francois I
- 1522Ulisse Aldrovandi: Italian biologist / medical
- 1523Pierre de Ronsard: Poet
- 1525Johan Georg: Elector of Brandenburg (1571-91)
- 1584Thomas Erpenius [van Erpe]: Dutch orientalist / arabist (grammar)
- 1614Philipp Buchner: Composer
- 1700James Thomson: Songwriter (Rule Britannia)
- 1741Johann J Angel: German author (Herr Lorenz Stark)
- 1753Friedrich August Baumbach: Composer
- 1764Valentino Fioravanti: Composer
- 1786Friedrich Kuhlau: Composer
- 1798Franz E Neumann: German mineralogist / mathematician / physicist
- 1806Joshua Blackwood Howell: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
- 1807Ignaz Lachner: Composer
- 1813Conrad Feger Jackson: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
- 1835William Wirt Allen: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
- 1838John Ireland: Irish / US Archbishop of St Paul
- 1844George Clement Martin: Composer
- 1861Juhani Aho: Fins journalist / writer (Panu, Tuomio)
- 1874Heinrich Kaspar Schmid: Composer
- 1876Alfonso Broqua: Composer
- 1877Feliks E Dzjerzjinski: Lithuania -- Founder (KGB)
- 1877James Jeans: England, United Kingdom -- Physicist / mathematician / astronomer
- 1883Asta Nielsen: Copenhagen, Denmark -- Actress (Joyless Street)
- 1883Grogorij J Zinovjev [Gerson Radomyslski]: Russian
- 1885Herbert Stothart: Composer
- 1890Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad: Composer
- 1891Noel Gallon: Composer
- 1892Pinto Colvig: Oregon, United States -- Animation voice (Goofy, Pluto)
Died on Sep 11
- 1297Hugh de Cressingham: English treasurer, dies in battle
- 1599Cornelis de Houtman: Navigator (1st Dutch trip to Java), murder at 35
- 1630John de White: Calvinist / banker to Prague, commits suicide
- 1646Johann Stobaeus: Composer, dies at 66
- 1712Giovanni D Cassini: French astronomer
- 1713John Foot: Lawyer, dies at 65
- 1721Rudolph J Camerarius: German Physician (sexuality plans)
- 1789Luca Sorkocevic: Composer, dies at 55
- 1848Henri-Philippe Gerard: Composer, dies at 87
- 1870Eugenio Lucas y Padilla: Spanish poet, dies at about 46
- 1888Domingo F Sarmiento: President of Argentina (1868-74), dies at 77
- 1892Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel: Composer, dies at 84
- 1896Anton Joseph Bruckner: Composer, dies at 72
- 1898Adolphe-Abraham Samuel: Composer, dies at 74
- 1917Georges Guynemer: French WWI pilot, dies at 22
- 1922Louis Coerne: Composer, dies at 52
- 1924Mieczyslaw Surzynski: Composer, dies at 57
- 1948Mohammed Ali Jinnah: 1st Governor of Pakistan (1947-48), dies at 71
- 1950John C Smuts: Co-found British RAF / South African Prime Minister (1919..48), dies at 80
- 1954Licinio Refice: Composer, dies at 69
- 1957Petar Stojanovic: Composer, dies at 80
- 1958Robert Lach: Composer, dies at 84
- 1959Paul Douglas: Actor (Adventure Theater), dies at 52
- 1966Charlie Cantor: Actor (Artie-Ray Bolger Show), dies at 68
- 1970Chester Morris: Actor (Diagnosis: Unknown), dies at 69
- 1971Nikita Khrushchev: Dies of a heart attack at 77
- 1971Percy Helton: Actor (Homer-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 77
- 1973Salvador Allende Gossens: President Chile (1970-73), dies at 65
- 1976Jan Kunc: Composer, dies at 93
- 1977Don Blackman: Actor (Old Man & Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65