Events on Sep 14

• 0891Stephen V ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1163Pastor Frederik forms convent at Mariengaarde Friesland
• 1515Battle at Marignano ends in French / Venetian victory
• 1629Spanish garrison surrenders to Prince Frederik Henry
• 1662Netherlands and England sign peace treaty
• 17161st lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor)
• 1741George Frederick Handel finishes "Messiah" oratorio, after working on it non-stop for 23 days
• 1759Austrian troops occupy Dresden
• 1807Aaron Burr acquitted of a misdemeanor charge
• 1812Napoleon occupies Moscow and fires start (fire extinguished on the 19th)
• 1814Francis Scott Key inspired to write "Star-Spangled Banner"
• 1829Peace of Adrianopel: ends Russian-Turkish war
• 1830Princess WFLC Marianne marries Albrecht of Prussia
• 1834Charles Darwins company passes Tagua-tagua-more Chile
• 1847US Marines under General Scott enter Mexico City (halls of Montezuma)
• 1848Alexander Stewart opens 1st US department store
• 185218th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Conn takes office
• 1854Allied armies, including those of Britain and France, land in Crimea
• 1856Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders
• 1862Battle at South Mountain: Union troops chases away Confederates
• 1862Battle of Munfordsville, Kentucky
• 1862Federal troops escape from beleaguered Harpers Ferry West Virginia
• 1876Leopold II closes Congo-conference
• 1882British General Wolseley reaches Cairo
• 1886George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon
• 1891"Empire State Express" train goes from NYC to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M
• 1892AP Giannini marries Clorinda Cuneo
• 1894Hottentotten uprising in Southwest-Africa fails
• 1899Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality (NY)
• 1903New York Giant Red Ames no-hits St. Louis, 5-0 in a 5 inning game

Born on Sep 14

• 1486Agrippa von Nettesheim: German occultist / Alchemist / royal Astrologer
• 1531Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz / Bienewitz]: German geography / cartographer
• 1547Johan van Oldenbarnevelt: Dutch Grand Pensionary
• 1644Gijsbert Cuper: Dutch classicist / regent
• 1722Joseph Paul Ziegler: Composer
• 1737Johann Michael Haydn: Composer
• 1742James Wilson: Scot / US judge / signer (Declaration of Independence)
• 1748Johann Paul Schulthesius: Composer
• 1760M Luigi CZS Cherubini: Italian prodigy / composer
• 1761Pavel Lambert Masek: Composer
• 1768Georg Johann Schinn: Composer
• 1792Gino Capponi: Italian Marquis / literary / Premier of Toscane
• 1817Theodor Storm: German judge / author (Imense China)
• 1819Henry Jackson Hunt: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1889
• 1835J A de Smit-Rog: Oldest citizen of the Netherlands (Died 1940)
• 1835Joseph Hayes: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
• 1835YES de Smit-Rog: Oldest citizen of the Netherlands (Died 5 / 30 / 1940)
• 1836Abraham PC Van Karnebeek: Dutch Foreign Minister (Liberal, 1918-27)
• 1838John Pelham: Major (Confederate Army), died in 1863
• 1840George Elbridge Whiting: Composer
• 1849Ivan Pavlov: Russia -- Physiologist / pioneer in psychology (Nobel 1904)
• 1864Lord Cecil of Chelwood: United Kingdom -- Help form League of Nations (Nobel 1937)
• 1864Robert Cecil: Viscount of Chelwood (Nobel 1937)
• 1867Charles Dana Gibson: Illustrator (drew "Gibson Girl")
• 1879Margaret Sanger: Feminist / nurse / birth control proponent
• 1880Paul Fechter: German writer (Der Zauberer Gottes)
• 1882Harald Fryklof: Composer
• 1883Martin Dibelius: German theologist (Die Lade Jahwes)
• 1886Jan Garrique Masaryk: Czechoslovakia -- Statesman / Minister to London (1918-35)
• 1887Karl Taylor Compton: Physicist / atomic bomb Scientist

Died on Sep 14

• 0258Thascius C Cyprian: Saint / Bishop of Carthage, dies at 58
• 0407Johannes Chrysostomus: Patriarch
• 0891Stephen V [VI]: Italian Pope (885-91)
• 1146Imad ad-Din Zengi: Gov of Basra, murdered
• 1321Dante Alighieri: Italian Poet (Divine Commedy), dies at 56
• 1523Adrian VI [Adriaan F Bieyens]: Only Dutch Pope (1522-23), dies at 64
• 1538Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg and Dietz: Viceroy of Holland
• 1637Pierre Vernier [Peter Werner]: French mathematician
• 1645Heinrich Steuccius: Composer, dies at 65
• 1646Thomas H Earl of Arundel: English art collector (Marbles)
• 1693Aert Jansz van Nes [Young boer Jaep]: Lieutenant Admiral, dies at 67
• 1712Jean [Giovanni] D Cassini: Italian / French astronomer
• 1743Johann Michael Muller: Composer, dies at 59
• 1750Carl T Pachelbel: US Organist / Composer
• 1759Louis Joseph Montcalm: French General (Plains of Abraham), dies at 47
• 1763Johann Philipp Sack: Composer, dies at 40
• 1788John Penn: US attorney, signed (Declaration of Independence), dies at 47
• 1788Theodore-Jean Tarade: Composer, dies at 56
• 1819Erik Acharius: Swedish botanist
• 1836Aaron Burr: 3rd VP
• 1836Vincenzo Lavigna: Composer, dies at 60
• 1844Oliver Holden: Composer, dies at 78
• 1852Arthur Wellesley: General / Duke of Wellington, dies at 83
• 1852James F Cooper: Writer, dies at 62
• 1861Fortunato Santini: Composer, dies at 83
• 1862Jesse Lee Reno: Union General Major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39
• 1862Samuel Garland, Jr.: US Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle
• 1872Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin: Composer, dies at 48
• 1886Hubert Reis: Composer, dies at 84
• 1887Friedrich T Vischer: German philosopher / writer (Auch einer)

Historical events on September 15

• 0608St. Boniface IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1514Thomas Wolsey appointed Archbishop of York
• 1556Vlissingen ex-Emperor Charles V returns to Spain
• 1584San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid finished
• 1590Giambattista Catagna elected as Pope Urban VII
• 1621Swedish troops occupy Riga
• 1644Giambattista Pamfili replaces Pope Urban VII as Innocent X
• 1656England and France sign peace treaty
• 1683Germantown Pa founded by 13 immigrant families
• 1733King Frederik Willem I divides Prussia-Brandenburg in Cantons
• 1774Cossack Emilian Pugachev captured
• 1789Department of Foreign Affairs, renamed Department of State
• 1795Cape Colony surrenders to England
• 1812French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow
• 1821Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independ
• 18301st National Negro Convention begins in Philadelphia
• 18301st to be run-over by a railroad train (William Huskisson, England)
• 1830Duke of Wellington opens Liverpool and Manchester Railway
• 1835HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin reaches Galapagos Islands
• 1846Jung Bahadur Rana grabs power in Nepal
• 18531st US woman ordained a minister, Antoinette Blackwell
• 1857Timothy Alder patents typesetting machine
• 1862Confederates conquer Union - weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
• 1870Dutch 1st Chamber abolishes Capital punishment (20-18)
• 1873Last German troops leave France
• 1879Pim Mulier forms "Haarlem Football Club"
• 1882British general Wolseley occupies Cairo
• 1887Philadelphia celebrates 100th anniversary of US Constitution
• 1894Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang
• 1898National Afro-American Council forms in Rochester, New York

Born on September 15

• 0053Mark U Trajanus: 13th Roman Emperor (98-117) / Conqueror of Ctesiphon
• 1505Maria: Queen of Hungary / Wife of Louis II / Governess of the Netherlands (1531-55)
• 1572Erasmus Widmann: Composer
• 1586Cristobal de Isla Diego: Composer
• 1685Gottfried Kirkhoff: Composer
• 1690Ignazio Prota: Composer
• 1736Jean-Sylvain: French historian (History of France)
• 1744Georg Ritschel: Composer
• 1764Friedrich Heine: Composer
• 1764Paolo Francesco Parenti: Composer
• 1789James Fenimore Cooper: 1st major US Novelist (Last of Mohicans)
• 1808Louis Clapisson: Composer
• 1811Jan Nepomuk Skroup: Composer
• 1811Willem J van Zeggelen: Dutch author
• 1816Edward Wolff: Composer
• 1834Heinrich von Treitschke: German historian / parliament member
• 1837Leo van Gheluwe: Composer
• 1843Willem F Mauritius HK: Prince of Orange / Son of King Willem III
• 1851Emilia Pardo Bazan: Spanish countess / writer (Sirena Negra)
• 1851Josif Marinkovic: Composer
• 1852Jan E Matzeliger: Surinamese inventor (shoe lacing machine)
• 1857William Howard Taft: Cincinnati, Ohio -- (R) 27th President (1909-13), chief justice
• 1858Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld: French explorer / hermit
• 1858Jeno Hubay: Composer
• 1863Horatio William Parker: Composer
• 1865Henri [Lucien] Capitant: French lawyer (Loi Falcidie)
• 1865Nicolaus Adriani: Linguist (Middle-Celebes languages)
• 1868Dirk B Nanninga: Dutch painter
• 1876Bruno Walter [B W Schlesinger]: Berlin, Germany -- Conductor (NY Phil)
• 1876Frank E Gannett: Rochester -- Newspaper publisher (Gannett)

Died on September 15

• 0009Publius Quinctilius Varus: Roman Viceroy of Syria, suicide at 59
• 0921Ludmilla: Wife of 1st Christian Bohemian King Borijov I / saint
• 1231Louis I: Duke of Wittelsbach
• 1525John Pistorius: Church reformer, burned at the stake
• 1598Hidejoshi [Hijoshi]: Japanese General strategist / kampaku
• 1654Cornelis Bicker: Merchant / Mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 61
• 1747Johann Gotthilf Ziegler: Composer, dies at 59
• 1750Charles Theodore Pachelbel: Composer, dies at 59
• 1840Franz Xaver Pechacek: Composer, dies at 47
• 1841Alessandro Rolla: Composer, dies at 84
• 1842Pierre MF de Sales Baillot: French violinist / composer, dies at 70
• 1859John LA Luyten: Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, dies at 72
• 1862R E V Miles: US Union Colonel, killed at Harpers Ferry
• 1875Jeanne-Louise Farrenc: Composer, dies at 71
• 1880William Hauser: Composer, dies at 67
• 1883Joseph AF Plateau: Belg physicist (Blue Moon)
• 1885Juliusz Zarebski: Composer, dies at 31
• 1895Jan Kleczynski: Composer, dies at 58
• 1914Jacobus Herculas de la Rey [Uncle Chose]: Boer General, dies at 66
• 1916Isidore Edouard Legouix: Composer, dies at 82
• 1921Roman von Ungern-Sternberg: Russ Baron / General
• 1923Sayed Darwish: Composer, dies at 31
• 1924Anthony Johnson Showalter: Composer, dies at 66
• 1927Herman Gorter: Socialist / Poet (Mai, Pan), dies at 62
• 1929Sara Amsel: Indon / Dutch actress / Wife of Carel van Hoisted, dies at 58
• 1932Charles Hutchison Gabriel: Composer, dies at 76
• 1934David Vaughan Thomas: Composer, dies at 61
• 1936Bela Anton Szabados: Composer, dies at 69
• 1937Clifford Heatherley: Actress (For Love or Money, Cash), dies at 48
• 1938Thomas Wolfe: US writer (Enigma), dies at 62

Events on Sep 16

• 1575King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to hugenots
• 1597French troops chase away Albrecht of Austria
• 1630Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston
• 1652Spanish troops occupy Dunkerk
• 1654Russian troops occupy Smolensk on Poland
• 1662Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, 1st known astronomical observation
• 1666"Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi becomes Islamiet
• 1668King John II Casimir of Poland resigns, flees to France
• 1702Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne and Bavaria
• 1729Willem KH Friso installed as Viceroy of Groningen
• 1747French troops occupy Bergen on Zoom
• 1782Great Seal of US used for 1st time
• 1795British capture Cape Town South Africa
• 1810Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event
• 1812Fire of Moscow
• 1830Oliver Wendell Holmes writes "Old Ironsides"
• 1847United Shakespeare Company buys his home in Stratford-upon-Avon
• 1848Slavery abolished in all French territories
• 1857Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX)
• 1857Typesetting machine patent
• 18581st overland mail for California
• 1861Battle of Princeton, West Virginia
• 1861British Post Office Savings Banks opens
• 1862Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md)
• 1862Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii (1891-93) marries John Owen Dominis
• 1867Ottawa Rough Riders and Senators play Canadian Football game
• 1873German troops leave France
• 1890Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers
• 1892Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y"
• 1893Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders

Born on Sep 16

• 1386Traversari Ambrosius: Italian humanist / Scientist / General
• 1547Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi: Persian-Dutch East Indies poet
• 1557Jacques Mauduit: Composer
• 1574Samuel Coster: Dutch Physician / playwright (Polyxena)
• 1584Matthias Gallas: Austria -- Earl of Campo / Duke of Lucerna / General Major
• 1736Johann N Tetens: German / Danish philosopher / mathematician
• 1762Charles G G: Earl of Merode / Mayor of Brussels / French senator
• 1797Anthony Panizzi: Librarian at British Museum
• 1800Jozef Nowakowski: Composer
• 1818Francis Seymour Haden: English surgeon / graphic artist
• 1822Charles S Crocker: President of Central and South Pacific Railroad
• 1823Francis Parkman: American historian / author (Oregon Trail)
• 1823Michael Obrenovic: Ruler of Serbia
• 1832George Washington Custis Lee: Major General (Confederate Army)
• 1837Pedro V van Alcantara: King of Portugal (1853-61)
• 1838James J Hill: Canada -- RR entrepreneur (Great Northern Railroad)
• 1847Albert Ross Parsons: Composer
• 1858Andrew Bonar Law: British Prime Minister (C, 1922-23)
• 1872Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur: Dutch / Flemish actress (Rose Kate)
• 1877James J Jeans: Cosmologist / astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe)
• 1877Willem H Rassers: Dutch cultural anthropologist (Panji)
• 1878Karl Albiker: German sculptor (German Art, female nudes)
• 1880Alfred Noyes: British poet / essayist (Loom of Years, Highwayman)
• 1882Mart Saar: Composer
• 1885Karen Horney: German / US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst
• 1887Hans / Jean Arp: French / Swiss painter / poet / sculptor
• 1888Almira Sessions: Washington, DC -- Actress (Okla Annie)
• 1889Claude A Barnett: Founder (Associated Negro Press)
• 1890Ernst Deutsch [Dorian]: Prague, Czechoslovakia -- Actor (Moon is Down, 3rd Man)
• 1891Czeslaw Josef Marek: Composer

Died on Sep 16

• 0096Titus Flavius Domitianus: Emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45
• 0655Martinus I: Bannished Pope (649-53)
• 1087Victor III [Dauferio / Desiderius]: Italian Pope (1086-87)
• 1380Charles V [the Wise]: King of France (1364-80)
• 1498Tomas de Torquemada: Inquisitor who burned 10, 000 people
• 1589Michael Bajus [Michel de Bay]: Belgian theologist
• 1652Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck: Dutch composer, dies at 61
• 1672Anne Bradstreet: American poet
• 1696Lambert Pietkin: Composer, dies at 83
• 1736Daniel G Fahrenheit: Prussian / Netherlands physicist (thermometer), dies at 50
• 1798Damasus Brosmann: Composer, dies at 67
• 1824Louis XVIII SX: Earl of Province / King of France (1814-24)
• 1834Antoine-Vincent Arnault: French writer (Guillaume the Nassau)
• 1845John Kinker: Translator / philosopher / poet, dies at 81
• 1896Carlos Gomez: Composer, dies at 60
• 1911Edward Whymper: English mountaineer (Ascent of Matterhorn)
• 1920Daniel Andersson: Swedish Poet / writer (Polar History), dies at 32
• 1925Leo Fall: Austria operetta Composer (That Pink von Stambul)
• 1925Leopold Fall: Composer, dies at 52
• 1926Rudolf C Eucken: German philosopher (Nobel 1908), dies at 80
• 1936Irving Thalberg: US producer (MGM)
• 1936Karl Buresch: Austrian politician
• 1945John "Pa" van de Steur: Philanthropist (Java), dies at 80
• 1945John McCormack: Irish singer (Irish national anthem / folk songs)
• 1946James Jeans: English physicist / Mathematician / astronomer, dies at 69
• 1948Ferdinand I MKLM: Prince of Saxony-Coburg / tsar of Bulgaria
• 1950Pedro De Cordoba: Actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire), dies at 68
• 1953Colin G Fink: US chemist (electro-chemistry)
• 1955Leopold C M S Amery: British Minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81
• 1961Yme C Schuitmaker: Potato farmer / dramatist