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On September 21, 455: Emperor Avitus enters Italy with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.

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Emperor Avitus enters Italy with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.

Eparchius Avitus was Roman emperor of the Western Empire from July 455 to October 456. He was a senator of Gallic extraction and a high-ranking officer both in the civil and military administration, as well as Bishop of Piacenza.

People

Born on September 21

Alisha Palmowski 2006– British racing driver (born 2006)
Wang Junkai 1999– Chinese actor and singer (born 1999)
Alexander Isak 1999– Swedish footballer (born 1999)
Máscara de Bronce 1998– Mexican professional wrestler
Yainer Díaz 1998– Dominican baseball player (born 1998)
Bruno Caboclo 1995– Brazilian basketball player (born 1995)
Devin Williams 1994– American baseball player (born 1994)
Kirsty Gilmour 1993– Scottish badminton player (born 1993)
Kwon Mina 1993– South Korean singer and actress (born 1993)
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Ante Rebić 1993– Croatian footballer (born 1993)
Kim Jong-dae 1992– South Korean singer and songwriter (born 1992)
Rodrigo Godínez 1992– Mexican footballer (born 1992)
Devyn Marble 1992– American basketball player (born 1992)
Anastassia Kovalenko 1991– Estonian motorcycle racer (born 1991)
Carlos Martínez 1991– Dominican baseball player (born 1991)
Al-Farouq Aminu 1990– Nigerian-American basketball player (born 1990)
Danny Batth 1990– English footballer (born 1990)
Rob Cross 1990– English darts player (born 1990)

People

Died on September 21

Raquel Blandón Guatemalan lawyer and activist (1943–2024)
Benny Golson American jazz saxophonist and composer (1929–2024) Eddie Low Musical artist
Mercury Morris American football player (1947–2024)
Walewska Oliveira Brazilian volleyball player (1979–2023)
Raju Srivastav Indian comedian, actor and politician (1963–2022)
Willie Garson American actor (1964–2021)
Arthur Ashkin American physicist (1922–2020)
Trần Đại Quang President of Vietnam from 2016 to 2018
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Vitaliy Masol Ukrainian statesman (1928–2018)
Yoram Gross Polish-Australian animation producer and director (1926–2015)
Ray Warleigh Australian jazz saxophonist (1938–2015)
Richard Williamson American football player and coach (1941–2015)
Michael Harari Israeli intelligence officer (1927–2014), involved in the failed Lillehammer affair
Caldwell Jones American basketball player (1950–2014)
Sheldon Patinkin American stage director
Kofi Awoonor Ghanaian poet and author (1935–2013)
Michel Brault Canadian filmmaker

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Every September 21 on record

  1. 455 Emperor Avitus enters Italy with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.

    Western Roman emperor from 455 to 456

    Eparchius Avitus was Roman emperor of the Western Empire from July 455 to October 456. He was a senator of Gallic extraction and a high-ranking officer both in the civil and military administration, as well as Bishop of Piacenza.

  2. 1170 Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland: The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Anglo-Norman invaders.

    12th-century invasion

    The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans and Cambro-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land in Ireland over which the monarchs of England then claimed sovereignty. The Anglo-Normans claimed the invasion was sanctioned by the papal bull Laudabiliter. Gaelic Ireland then consisted of several kingdoms, with a High King claiming lordship over most of the other kings.

  3. 1217 Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Caupo of Turaida are killed in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day.

    12th–13th century Baltic Christianisation campaign

    The Livonian crusade consisted of the various military Christianisation campaigns in medieval Livonia – modern Latvia and Estonia – during the Papal-sanctioned Northern Crusades in the 12th–13th century.

  4. 1435 The Treaty of Arras is promulgated, causing Burgundy to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War.

    1435 diplomatic meeting during the Hundred Years' War

    The Congress of Arras was a diplomatic congregation established at Arras in the summer of 1435 during the Hundred Years' War, between representatives of England, France and Burgundy. It was the first negotiation since the Treaty of Troyes and replaced the fifteen-year agreement between Burgundy and England that would have seen the dynasty of Henry V inherit the French crown. Historian Richard Vaughan has called it "Europe's first real peace congress".

  5. 1745 A British government army led by Sir John Cope is defeated in less than 15 minutes by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart.

    British Army general

    Sir John Cope was a British soldier, and Whig Member of Parliament, representing three separate constituencies between 1722 and 1741. ", which still features in modern Scottish folk music and bagpipe recitals.

  6. 1776 Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
  7. 1780 American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
  8. 1792 French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
  9. 1809 British Secretary of War Lord Castlereagh and Foreign Secretary George Canning meet in a duel on Putney Heath, with Castlereagh wounding Canning in the thigh.
  10. 1814 War of 1812: British forces abandon their unsuccessful siege of Fort Erie.
  11. 1843 The crew of schooner Ancud, led by John Williams Wilson, takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the Chilean government.
  12. 1860 Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
  13. 1862 Taiping Rebellion: The Ever Victorious Army defeats Taiping forces at the Battle of Cixi.
  14. 1896 Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
  15. 1898 Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
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  1. 1921 A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
  2. 1933 Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.
  3. 1934 A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than 3,000 people.
  4. 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published for the first time. (September 22 is celebrated by some fans as Hobbit Day, however.)
  5. 1938 The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
  6. 1939 Romanian prime minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.
  7. 1942 The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Bełżec extermination camp.
  8. 1942 The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
  9. 1942 The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska.
  10. 1942 The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
  11. 1953 Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.
  12. 1957 Pamir, a four-masted barque, was shipwrecked and sank off the Azores during Hurricane Carrie.
  13. 1964 Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth.
  14. 1964 The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
  15. 1965 The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.

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