September 4 in History

Historical Events on September 4

476

Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
626

Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang dynasty of China.
929

Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg.
1260

The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
1282

Peter III of Aragon becomes the King of Sicily.
1479

The Treaty of Alcáçovas is signed by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal.
1607

The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.
1666

In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
1774

New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
1781

Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers.
1797

Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
1800

The French garrison in Valletta surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the Maltese. The islands of Malta and Gozo become the Malta Protectorate.
1812

War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
1862

American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
1870

Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
1882

Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age.
1886

American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1888

George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1912

Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
1919

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
1923

Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1939

World War II: A Bristol Blenheim is the first British aircraft to cross the German coast following the declaration of war and German ships are bombed.
1941

World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
1944

World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
1944

World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
1948

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
1949

The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
1950

Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1951

The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
1957

American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
1957

The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
1963

Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
1964

Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
1967

Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
1970

Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
1971

Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
1972

Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
1975

The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
1977

The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
1985

The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
1989

In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
1996

War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
1998

Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
2001

Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
2002

The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record.
2007

Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
2010

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand causing widespread damage and several power outages.

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