On This Day in History for September 1
Events in History
- 1067 Baldwin VI becomes Count of Flanders
- 1181 Ubaldo Allucingoli replaces Alexander III as Pope Lucius III
- 1255 Königsberg (modern day Kaliningrad) founded by Teutonic Knights and named in honor of the Bohemian King Ottokar II
- 1267 Rabbi Moses Ben Nachman establishes a Jewish community in Jerusalem
- 1355 Tvrtko I writes in castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from old town Visoki
- 1482 Tatars plunder Kyiv, Ukraine
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James Gordon Bennett
Mark Hopkins
Tarsila do AmaralWeddings in History
- 1730 US Founding Father Benjamin Franklin establishes a common-law marriage with Deborah Read
- 1843 Prime Minister of Canada John A. Macdonald (28) weds his cousin Isabella Clark
- 1945 Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (23) weds childhood sweetheart Jane Marie Cox
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Jacques Cartier
Louis XIV
Richard Steele
William Clark
Lillian Wald
Albert SpeerSeptember in History
Spring Temple Buddha Completed
The Spring Temple Buddha statue depicting Vairocana Buddha in Henan, China
September 1, 2008
The Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London began on this day when sparks from a baker’s oven ignited his home. Fanned by strong winds, the blaze consumed 80 per cent of the city.
September 2, 1666
Surrender of Japan
Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender to formally end World War II
September 2, 1945
Sweden Switches to Driving on the Right Hand Side
Kungsgatan, Stockholm, on Dagen H (switch-over day)
September 3, 1967