1st september anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1566
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Edward Alleyn, English actor and founder of Dulwich College." more
  • 1653
  • Germany
  • "Birth of Johann Pachelbel, German composer." more
  • 1795
  • United States
  • "Birth of James Gordon Bennett, founder of the New York Herald." more
  • 1854
  • Germany
  • "Birth of Engelbert Humperdinck, composer of the opera Hansel and Gretel." more
  • 1866
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Gentlemen Jim Corbett, World Heavyweight Boxting Champion" more
  • 1931
  • United States
  • "Birth of Boxcar Willie, country singer" more
• event
  • 1858
  • India
  • The British Government took over the territories of the East India Company
  • 1859
  • United States
  • "The first Pullman sleeping cars went into service, in Illinois, USA"
  • 1878
  • United States
  • Emma Nutt was recruited by the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company as the world's first female telephone operator.
  • 1897
  • United States
  • "The opening of the Boston Metro, the first underground railway in North America."
  • 1928
  • Albania
  • Albanian President Ahmet Zogu declared Albania a monarchy and proclaimed himself King Zog I.
  • 1933
  • Great Britain
  • H. G. Wells’s classic novel ‘The Shape of Things to Come’ was published .
  • 1933
  • United States
  • "Birth of Conway Twitty, American country and western singer ."
  • 1939
  • Germany
  • "Germany invaded Poland, starting World War II"
  • 1939
  • France
  • "The first Cannes Film Festival opened in France, but closed after only one night due to the outbreak of war. (It started up again in 1946)"
  • 1941
  • Germany
  • All Jews in Nazi Germany were issued with yellow Star of David badges; wearing them was compulsory
  • 1952
  • United States
  • Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea was published.
  • 1969
  • Liechtenstein
  • King Idris of Libya was deposed in a bloodless coup by a group of military officers who seized power and declared the country a republic
  • 1979
  • United States
  • "American space probe Pioneer 11 made its closest approach to Saturn, passing within 13,000 miles (21,000 km) of the planet"
  • 1983
  • "Korea, Republic of"
  • A fighter plane shot down a South Korean Boeing 747 airliner after it strayed into Soviet air space near Sakhalin Island. 269 people were killed.
  • 1985
  • Great Britain
  • Wreck of Titanic found (sank 1912) more
• Death
  • 1159
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Pope Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear), the only English Pope." more
  • 1557
  • France
  • "Death of Jacques Cartier, French explorer who claimed Canada for France"
  • 1574
  • India
  • Death of Sikh Third Master Guru Amar Das. more
  • 1581
  • India
  • Death of Sikh Fourth Master Guru Ram Das. more
  • 1678
  • Netherlands
  • "Death of Jan Brueghel the Younger, Dutch artist." more
  • 1838
  • United States
  • "Death of William Clark, American explorer." more
  • 1856
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Richard Westmacott, British sculptor"
  • 1912
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Composer" more
  • 1933
  • United States
  • "Death of Ring Lardner, American writer ."
  • 1957
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Dennis Brain killed in a motor accident, Horn player." more
  • 1967
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Siegfried Sassoon, English poet and novelist" more