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On September 7, 878: Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.

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Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.

Louis the Stammerer was the king of Aquitaine and later the king of West Francia. He was the eldest son of Emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis the Stammerer was physically weak and outlived his father by a year and a half.

People

Born on September 7

Ian Chen 2006– American actor
Tsugumi Aritomo 2004– Japanese singer, dancer, model (born 2004)
Gracie Abrams 1999– American singer (born 1999)
Laurie Jussaume 1999– Canadian cyclist
Dean-Charles Chapman 1997– English actor (born 1997)
Donovan Mitchell 1996– American basketball player (born 1996)
Elinor Barker 1994– Welsh racing cyclist (born 1994)
Herman Ese'ese 1994– New Zealand and Samoa international rugby league footballer
Tom Opacic 1994– Australian rugby league footballer
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Kento Yamazaki 1994– Japanese actor and model (born 1994)
Miniminter 1992– English influencer and streamer (born 1992)
Dale Finucane 1991– Australian rugby league footballer
Amar Garibović 1991– Serbian cross-country skier (1991–2010)
Libor Hudáček 1990– Slovak ice hockey player (born 1990)
Fedor Klimov 1990– Russian pair skater (born 1990)
Jonathan Majors 1989– American actor (born 1989)
Alex Harvey 1988– Canadian cross-country skier
Kevin Love 1988– American basketball player (born 1988)

People

Died on September 7

Dan Morgenstern American jazz historian (1929–2024)
Wanda Janicka Polish architect (1923–2023)
Pedro Jirón Nicaraguan footballer
Mac Miller American rapper (1992–2018)
Dickie Moore American actor (1925–2015)
Candida Royalle American pornographic filmmaker (1950–2015)
Guillermo Rubalcaba Musical artist
Voula Zouboulaki Egyptian-born Greek actress
Kwon Ri-se South Korean-Japanese singer (1991–2014)
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Jack Cristil American sportscaster and radio host (born 1925)
Raul M. Gonzalez Filipino lawyer and politician
Yoshiko Ōtaka Japanese singer, actress, and politician (1920–2014)
Harold Shipp Canadian businessman (1926–2014)
Albert Allen Bartlett American physicist (1923–2013)
Romesh Bhandari Indian diplomat and administrator (1928–2013)
Frank Blevins Australian politician (1939–2013)
Pete Hoffman American cartoonist
Ilja Hurník Czech composer and essayist (1922–2013)

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Every September 7 on record

  1. 878 Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.

    King of West Francia from 877 to 879

    Louis the Stammerer was the king of Aquitaine and later the king of West Francia. He was the eldest son of Emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis the Stammerer was physically weak and outlived his father by a year and a half.

  2. 1159 Cardinal Rolando Bandinelli is elected Pope Alexander III, prompting the election of Cardinal Octaviano Monticelli as Antipope Victor IV the same day.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 1159 to 1181

    Pope Alexander III, born Roland, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 September 1159 until his death in 1181.

  3. 1191 Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.

    1189–1192 attempted re-conquest of the Holy Land

    The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt led by King Philip II of France, King Richard I of England, and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187. For this reason, the Third Crusade is also known as the Kings' Crusade.

  4. 1228 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II lands in Acre, Israel, and starts the Sixth Crusade, which results in a peaceful restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

    Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 to 1250

    Frederick II was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220, and King of Jerusalem from 1225 to 1228. He was the son of Emperor Henry VI, of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, and Queen Constance I of Sicily, of the Hauteville dynasty.

  5. 1303 Guillaume de Nogaret takes Pope Boniface VIII prisoner on behalf of Philip IV of France.

    13/14th-century French statesman

    Guillaume de Nogaret was a French statesman, councilor and keeper of the seal to Philip IV of France.

  6. 1571 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
  7. 1620 The town of Kokkola (Swedish: Karleby) is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
  8. 1625 The Treaty of Southampton makes an alliance between England and the Dutch Republic against Spain.
  9. 1652 Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
  10. 1695 Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end all English trading in India.
  11. 1706 War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.
  12. 1764 Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  13. 1776 According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
  14. 1778 American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
  15. 1812 French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, is fought near Moscow and results in a French victory.
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  1. 1818 Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
  2. 1822 Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
  3. 1856 The Saimaa Canal is inaugurated.
  4. 1857 Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of a peaceful emigrant wagon train.
  5. 1860 Unification of Italy: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
  6. 1863 American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore capture Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a seven-week siege.
  7. 1864 American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
  8. 1876 In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
  9. 1901 The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
  10. 1903 The Ottoman Empire launches a counter-offensive against the Strandzha Commune, which dissolves.
  11. 1906 Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France successfully for the first time.
  12. 1907 Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  13. 1909 Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Port-Aviation (often called "Juvisy Airfield") at Viry-Châtillon, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life piloting a powered heavier-than-air craft.[better source needed]
  14. 1911 French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
  15. 1916 US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)

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