103531 | September 11 | Event | 1697 – Battle of Zenta. |
103532 | September 11 | Event | 1708 – Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power. |
103533 | September 11 | Event | 1709 – Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France. |
103534 | September 11 | Event | 1714 – Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession. |
103535 | September 11 | Event | 1758 – Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War. |
103536 | September 11 | Event | 1775 – Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
103537 | September 11 | Event | 1776 – British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War. |
103538 | September 11 | Event | 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania. |
103539 | September 11 | Event | 1786 – The beginning of the Annapolis Convention. |
103540 | September 11 | Event | 1789 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury. |
103541 | September 11 | Event | 1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored. |
103542 | September 11 | Event | 1802 – France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont. |
103543 | September 11 | Event | 1803 – Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's army under General Louis Bourquin. |
103544 | September 11 | Event | 1813 – War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C.. |
103545 | September 11 | Event | 1814 – War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war. |
103546 | September 11 | Event | 1826 – Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappea |
103547 | September 11 | Event | 1829 – Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown in order to retake Mexico. This was the consummation of Mexico's campaign for independence. |
103548 | September 11 | Event | 1830 – Anti-Masonic Party convention one of the first American political party conventions. |
103549 | September 11 | Event | 1847 – Stephen Foster's song "Oh! Susanna" is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh. |
103550 | September 11 | Event | 1851 – Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves stand against their former owner in armed resistance in Christiana, Pennsylvania, creating a rallying cry for the abolitionist movement. |
103551 | September 11 | Event | 1852 – The State of Buenos Aires secedes from the Argentine Federal government, rejoining on September 17, 1861. Several places are named Once de Septiembre after this event. |
103552 | September 11 | Event | 1857 – The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah. |
103553 | September 11 | Event | 1893 – Parliament of the World's Religions opens in Chicago, where Swami Vivekananda delivers his speech on fanaticism, tolerance and the truth inherent in all religions. |
103554 | September 11 | Event | 1897 – After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom. |
103555 | September 11 | Event | 1903 – The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world. |
103556 | September 11 | Event | 1914 – Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka. |
103557 | September 11 | Event | 1916 – The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907. |
103558 | September 11 | Event | 1919 – U.S. Marines invade Honduras. |
103559 | September 11 | Event | 1921 – Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan to colonize Palestine and creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel. |
103560 | September 11 | Event | 1922 – The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia. |