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On September 4, 476: Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.

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Featured moment · 476

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

Romulus Augustus, nicknamed Augustulus, was Roman emperor of the West from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. Romulus was placed on the imperial throne while still a minor by his father Orestes, the magister militum, for whom he served as little more than a figurehead. After a rule of ten months, the barbarian general Odoacer defeated and killed Orestes and deposed Romulus.

People

Born on September 4

Talitha Bateman 2001– American actress
Sergio Gómez 2000– Spanish footballer
Neru Nagahama 1998– Japanese television personality, telesvion presenter, and actress
Ashton Golding 1996– Jamaica international rugby league footballer
Jordan Lilley 1996– English rugby league footballer
Jazz Tevaga 1995– Samoa international rugby league footballer
Kenny McEvoy 1994– Irish footballer
Thomas Minns 1994– English rugby league footballer
Sabina Sharipova 1994– Uzbekistani tennis player
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Emma Brownlie 1993– Scottish footballer (born 1993)
Yannick Carrasco 1993– Belgian footballer (born 1993)
Jody Fannin 1993– British auto racing driver
Chantal Škamlová 1993– Slovak tennis player
Mark Tuan 1993– American rapper (born 1993)
Kevin Lee 1992– American mixed martial artist (born 1992)
Hanna Schwamborn 1992– German actress (born 1992)
Zerkaa 1992– British YouTuber (born 1992)
Adrien Bart 1991– French canoeist (born 1991)

People

Died on September 4

Giorgio Armani Italian fashion designer (1934–2025)
Katharine Member of the British royal family (1933–2025)
Bora Đorđević Serbian singer-songwriter and frontman of Riblja Čorba (1952–2024)
Steve Harwell American musician (1967–2023)
Cyrus Mistry Irish businessman (1968–2022)
Peter Straub American novelist and poet (1943–2022)
Tunch Ilkin Turkish-American gridiron football player and sports broadcaster (1957–2021)
Willard Scott American weather presenter and television personality (1934–2021)
Lloyd Cadena Filipino YouTuber (1993–2020)
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Bill Daily American actor and comedian (1927–2018)
Krzysztof Sitko Polish footballer (1967–2018)
Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr. American politician
Graham Brazier New Zealand musician and songwriter
Jean Darling American child actress and writer (1922–2015)
Wilfred de Souza Indian politician (1927–2015)
Warren Murphy American author
Ron Mulock Australian politician (1930–2014)
Gustavo Cerati Argentine musician (1959–2014)

Timeline

Every September 4 on record

  1. 476 Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.

    Western Roman emperor from 475 to 476

    Romulus Augustus, nicknamed Augustulus, was Roman emperor of the West from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. Romulus was placed on the imperial throne while still a minor by his father Orestes, the magister militum, for whom he served as little more than a figurehead. After a rule of ten months, the barbarian general Odoacer defeated and killed Orestes and deposed Romulus.

  2. 626 Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang dynasty of China.

    Honorary name given after death

    A posthumous name is an honorary name given mainly to revered dead people in East Asian culture. It is predominantly used in Asian countries such as China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Timor-Leste and Thailand. Reflecting on the person's accomplishments or reputation, the title is assigned after death and essentially replaces the name used during life.

  3. 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.

    Capture of a Slavic fortress by the Kingdom of Germany in 929

    The Battle of Lenzen was a land battle between a Saxon army of the Kingdom of Germany and the armies of the Slavic Redarii and Linonen peoples, that took place on 4 September 929 near the fortified Linonen stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg, Germany. The Saxon army, commanded by Saxon magnate Bernhard, destroyed a Slavic Redarii army. It marked the failure of Slavic attempts to resist German king Henry the Fowler's expansionism to the Elbe.

  4. 1260 The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.

    Comune in Tuscany, Italy

    Siena is a city in Tuscany, in Central Italy, and the capital of the province of Siena. With a population of 52,991, it is the 12th-largest city in the region as of 2025.

  5. 1282 Peter III of Aragon becomes the King of Sicily.

    King of Aragon and Valencia (1276–85); King of Sicily (1282–85)

    Peter III of Aragon was King of Aragon, King of Valencia, and Count of Barcelona from 1276 to his death. At the invitation of some rebels, he conquered the Kingdom of Sicily and became King of Sicily in 1282, pressing the claim of his wife, Constance II of Sicily, uniting the kingdom to the crown.

  6. 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.
  7. 1607 The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland (14 September N.S.).
  8. 1666 In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
  9. 1774 New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
  10. 1781 Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
  11. 1797 Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
  12. 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.
  13. 1812 War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
  14. 1827 The Great Fire of Turku almost completely destroys Finland's former capital city.
  15. 1839 Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.
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  1. 1862 American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
  2. 1870 Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
  3. 1882 The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
  4. 1886 American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
  5. 1888 George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
  6. 1912 Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
  7. 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.
  8. 1923 Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
  9. 1936 Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero forms a war cabinet to direct the republican war effort.
  10. 1939 World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
  11. 1941 World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USS Greer.
  12. 1944 World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
  13. 1944 World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
  14. 1948 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
  15. 1949 Paul Robeson performs a second concert in Peekskill, New York eight days after the Peekskill riots.

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