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What happened on September 1

On September 1, -396: The Temple of Juno Regina (Aventine) is dedicated in Rome by Marcus Furius Camillus.

Events

43

across history

Notable births

50

Notable deaths

50

Zodiac

Virgo

People

Born on September 1

An Yu-jin 2003– South Korean singer (born 2003)
Diane Parry 2002– French tennis player (born 2002)
Mikhail Iakovlev 2000– Israeli cyclist (born 2000)
Pratika Rawal 2000– Indian cricketer (born 2000)
Cam Reddish 1999– American basketball player (born 1999)
Josh Battle 1998– Australian rules footballer
Josh Okogie 1998– Nigerian basketball player (born 1998)
Salah Mohsen 1998– Egyptian footballer (born 1998)
Jeon Jungkook 1997– South Korean singer (born 1997)
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Joan Mir 1997– Spanish motorcycle racer (born 1997)
Zendaya 1996– American actress and singer (born 1996)
Nathan MacKinnon 1995– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1995)
Anna Smolina 1994– Russian tennis player
Carlos Sainz Jr. 1994– Spanish racing driver (born 1994)
Mario Lemina 1993– Gabonese footballer (born 1993)
Cristiano Biraghi 1992– Italian footballer (born 1992)
Kirani James 1992– Grenadian sprinter (born 1992)
Tomáš Nosek 1992– Czech ice hockey player (born 1992)

People

Died on September 1

Joe Bugner British-Australian boxer and actor (1950–2025)
Linda Deutsch American journalist (1943–2024)
Jimmy Buffett American singer-songwriter (1946–2023)
Barbara Ehrenreich American writer and journalist (1941–2022)
Yang Yongsong Chinese military officer (1919–2022)
Erick Morillo American DJ (1971–2020)
Randy Weston American jazz pianist and composer (1926–2018)
Gurgen Dalibaltayan Armenian military commander (1926–2015)
Dean Jones American actor (1931–2015)
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Richard G. Hewlett American historian
Ben Kuroki United States Army Air Forces soldier
Ahmed Abdi Godane First leader of Al-Shabaab (2008–2014)
Roger McKee American baseball player (1926-2014)
Joseph Shivers American textile chemist (1920–2014)
Ignacio Eizaguirre Spanish football player and manager
Gordon Steege Royal Australian Air Force fighter pilot
Margaret Mary Vojtko American linguist, educator, polyglot, and labor unionist
Ken Wallis British aviator, inventor & engineer (1916–2013)

Timeline

Every September 1 on record

  1. -396 The Temple of Juno Regina (Aventine) is dedicated in Rome by Marcus Furius Camillus.

    The Temple of Juno Regina was a temple on the Aventine Hill in Rome.

  2. 1145 The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time the seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.

    Swedish cathedral

    Lund Cathedral is a cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Sweden in Lund, Scania, Sweden. It is the seat of the Bishop of Lund and the main church of the Diocese of Lund. It was built as the Catholic cathedral of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, dedicated to Saint Lawrence.

  3. 1173 The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona by the forces of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.

    Legendary figure who saved the Italian city of Ancona from invasion in 1173

    Stamira was, according to a long-standing tradition, a heroic self-sacrificing woman who saved the city of Ancona during the 1173 siege by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Her memory was later taken up prominently by Italian nationalism.

  4. 1355 King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki.

    First king of Bosnia from 1377 to 1391

    Stephen Tvrtko I was the first king of Bosnia. A member of the House of Kotromanić, he succeeded his uncle Stephen II as the ban of Bosnia in 1353. As he was a minor at the time, Tvrtko's father, Vladislav, briefly ruled as regent, followed by Tvrtko's mother, Jelena.

  5. 1449 Tumu Crisis: The Mongols capture the Emperor of China.

    1449 Ming China-Oirat Mongols conflict

    The Tumu Crisis, also known as the Crisis of the Tumu Fortress, or the Jisi Incident, was a border conflict between the Oirat Mongols and the Ming dynasty. In July 1449, Esen Taishi, leader of the Oirat Mongols, launched a large-scale, three-pronged invasion of China. Despite having capable generals, Emperor Yingzong of Ming, under the influence of eunuch Wang Zhen who dominated the Ming court at the time, made the decision to personally lead his armies into battle against Esen.

  6. 1529 The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by indigenous people.
  7. 1532 Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
  8. 1604 Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, is first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
  9. 1610 Claudio Monteverdi's musical work Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers for the Blessed Virgin) is first published, printed in Venice and dedicated to Pope Paul V.
  10. 1644 Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
  11. 1645 English Civil War. Scottish Covenanter forces abandon their month-long Siege of Hereford, a Cavalier stronghold, on news of Royalist victories in Scotland.
  12. 1715 At the age of five, Louis XV becomes king of France in succession to his great-grandfather, King Louis XIV.
  13. 1763 Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
  14. 1772 The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
  15. 1774 Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
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  1. 1804 3 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
  2. 1831 The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.
  3. 1836 Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
  4. 1838 Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.
  5. 1859 Carrington Event started - the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history.
  6. 1862 American Civil War: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson inflict heavy casualties in the Battle of Chantilly during the Union withdrawal from the Northern Virginia campaign.
  7. 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Jonesborough, alongside the overall Atlanta campaign, culminates in a Union victory for General William T. Sherman as Confederate General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta.
  8. 1870 Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
  9. 1873 Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
  10. 1878 Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
  11. 1880 The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
  12. 1894 Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
  13. 1897 The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
  14. 1923 The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
  15. 1939 World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.

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