September 7 facts for kids

September 7th is a day filled with many interesting events throughout history, from ancient times to today. It's a day when new leaders were chosen, important battles were fought, and new inventions changed the world. Many famous people were also born or passed away on this date.

September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 115 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Early History (Before 1600)

• 70 – A Roman army, led by Titus, took control of Jerusalem.
• 878 – Louis the Stammerer became king of West Francia, crowned by Pope John VIII.
• 1159 – Pope Alexander III was chosen as the new Pope.
• 1191 – During the Third Crusade, Richard I of England defeated Saladin in the Battle of Arsuf.
• 1228 – Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II arrived in Acre, Israel, starting the Sixth Crusade. This led to the peaceful return of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
• 1303 – Guillaume de Nogaret took Pope Boniface VIII prisoner for Philip IV of France.
• 1571 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, was arrested for being part of a plan against Queen Elizabeth I of England.

Later History (1601–1900)

• 1620 – The town of Kokkola in Finland was founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
• 1630 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts, was founded in North America.
• 1652 – About 15,000 Chinese farmers and soldiers rebelled against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
• 1695 – Pirate Henry Every carried out one of the most successful pirate raids ever, capturing the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai.
• 1706 – The Siege of Turin ended during the War of the Spanish Succession, leading French forces to leave North Italy.
• 1764 – Stanisław August Poniatowski was elected as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• 1776 – According to American reports, Ezra Lee made the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, trying to attach a bomb to a British ship in New York Harbor.
• 1778 – During the American Revolutionary War, France invaded Dominica in the British West Indies.
• 1812 – In the French invasion of Russia, the Battle of Borodino, a very bloody battle, was fought near Moscow. France won.
• 1818 – Carl III of Sweden–Norway was crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
• 1822 – Dom Pedro I declared Brazil independent from Portugal.
• 1856 – The Saimaa Canal in Finland was officially opened.
• 1860 – As part of the Unification of Italy, Giuseppe Garibaldi entered Naples.
• 1863 – During the American Civil War, Union troops captured Fort Wagner after a long siege.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Atlanta was evacuated by order of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
• 1876 – In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and his gang tried to rob a bank but were stopped by armed citizens.
• 1901 – The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ended with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
• 1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont successfully flew his 14-bis aircraft for the first time in France.
• 1907 – The RMS Lusitania ship began its first journey from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
• 1909 – Eugène Lefebvre crashed a new French-built plane during a test flight, becoming the first pilot to die in a powered aircraft accident.
• 1911 – French poet Guillaume Apollinaire was arrested because he was thought to be involved in the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
• 1916 – US federal employees gained the right to Workers' compensation.
• 1921 – The first Miss America Pageant was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
• 1923 – The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) was created.
• 1927 – The first fully electronic television system was invented by Philo Farnsworth.
• 1929 – The Steamer Kuru sank on Lake Näsijärvi in Finland, and 136 people lost their lives.
• 1932 – The Battle of Boquerón, the first big battle of the Chaco War, began.
• 1936 – The last known thylacine, a marsupial named Benjamin, died at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
• 1940 – Romania returned Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
• 1940 – World War II: The German air force began the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 nights in a row.
• 1942 – World War II: Japanese marines had to retreat during the Battle of Milne Bay.
• 1943 – A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston killed 55 people.
• 1945 – World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island surrendered to U.S. Marines.
• 1953 – Nikita Khrushchev was elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• 1963 – The Pro Football Hall of Fame opened in Canton, Ohio.
• 1965 – During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announced it would send more troops to the Indian border.
• 1970 – Fighting started between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
• 1977 – The Torrijos–Carter Treaties were signed between Panama and the United States, agreeing to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama later.
• 1979 – The Chrysler Corporation asked the United States government for a large loan to avoid going out of business.
• 1984 – An explosion on a Maltese patrol boat killed seven soldiers and policemen.
• 1986 – Desmond Tutu became the first black person to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.
• 1986 – Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet survived an attempt to harm him.
• 1997 – The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor aircraft had its first flight.
• 1999 – A strong earthquake hit Athens, Greece, killing 143 people and leaving many without homes.
• 2005 – Egypt held its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
• 2008 – The United States government took control of two major mortgage companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
• 2010 – A Chinese fishing boat crashed into two Japanese Coast Guard boats near the Senkaku Islands.
• 2011 – The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Russia killed 43 people, including almost the entire hockey team.
• 2012 – Canada officially ended its diplomatic ties with Iran and closed its embassy in Tehran.
• 2017 – A strong earthquake hit southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.
• 2019 – Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others were released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.
• 2021 – Bitcoin became legal money in El Salvador.

Births

Famous People Born Before 1900

• 1533 – Elizabeth I of England, a famous Queen of England.
• 1707 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, a French mathematician and author.
• 1726 – François-André Danican Philidor, a French chess player and composer.
• 1795 – John William Polidori, an English doctor and author.
• 1819 – Thomas A. Hendricks, who became the 21st Vice President of the United States.
• 1829 – August Kekulé, a German chemist known for his work on the structure of molecules.
• 1836 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1860 – Grandma Moses, a famous American painter.
• 1867 – J. P. Morgan Jr., an American banker and philanthropist.
• 1875 – Edward Francis Hutton, an American businessman who co-founded a well-known financial company.
• 1887 – Edith Sitwell, an English poet and critic.
• 1900 – Taylor Caldwell, an English-American author.

Famous People Born After 1900

• 1908 – Paul Brown, an American football player and coach.
• 1908 – Michael E. DeBakey, a famous American surgeon.
• 1909 – Elia Kazan, a Greek-American actor and director.
• 1912 – David Packard, an American engineer who co-founded Hewlett-Packard.
• 1917 – John Cornforth, an Australian-English chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• 1923 – Peter Lawford, an English-American actor.
• 1924 – Daniel Inouye, an American soldier and politician, a Medal of Honor recipient.
• 1925 – Laura Ashley, a Welsh-English fashion designer.
• 1926 – Don Messick, an American voice actor.
• 1926 – Ed Warren, an American paranormal investigator.
• 1930 – Baudouin of Belgium, a King of Belgium.
• 1930 – Sonny Rollins, a famous American saxophonist.
• 1936 – Buddy Holly, a very influential American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1940 – Dario Argento, an Italian film director.
• 1940 – Abdurrahman Wahid, who became the 4th President of Indonesia.
• 1943 – Gloria Gaynor, a popular American singer.
• 1943 – Beverley McLachlin, who became the 17th Chief Justice of Canada.
• 1948 – Susan Blakely, an American actress.
• 1950 – Julie Kavner, an American actress, known for voice acting.
• 1951 – Chrissie Hynde, an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1954 – Corbin Bernsen, an American actor.
• 1954 – Michael Emerson, an American actor.
• 1956 – Michael Feinstein, an American singer and pianist.
• 1956 – Diane Warren, a famous American songwriter.
• 1961 – LeRoi Moore, an American saxophonist.
• 1964 – Eazy-E, an American rapper and producer.
• 1965 – Angela Gheorghiu, a Romanian opera singer.
• 1966 – Toby Jones, an English actor.
• 1967 – Leslie Jones, an American comedian and actress.
• 1968 – Marcel Desailly, a Ghanaian-French footballer.
• 1969 – Angie Everhart, an American actress and model.
• 1969 – Diane Farr, an American actress.
• 1973 – Shannon Elizabeth, an American model and actress.
• 1978 – Devon Sawa, a Canadian actor.
• 1979 – Owen Pallett, a Canadian singer-songwriter.
• 1980 – Emre Belözoğlu, a Turkish footballer.
• 1980 – Gabriel Milito, an Argentinian footballer.
• 1984 – Vera Zvonareva, a Russian tennis player.
• 1985 – Radhika Apte, an Indian actress.
• 1987 – Evan Rachel Wood, an American actress and singer.
• 1988 – Kevin Love, an American basketball player.
• 1989 – Jonathan Majors, an American actor.
• 1996 – Donovan Mitchell, an American basketball player.
• 1997 – Dean-Charles Chapman, an English actor.

Deaths

Famous People Who Passed Away Before 1900

• 1134 – Alfonso the Battler, a Spanish emperor.
• 1535 – Sebastian Newdigate, a Carthusian monk and martyr.
• 1559 – Robert Estienne, an English-French printer and scholar.
• 1601 – John Shakespeare, the father of William Shakespeare.
• 1741 – Blas de Lezo, a Spanish admiral.
• 1809 – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, a Thai king.
• 1833 – Hannah More, an English poet and philanthropist.
• 1840 – Jacques MacDonald, a French general.
• 1881 – Sidney Lanier, an American poet.
• 1892 – John Greenleaf Whittier, an American poet and activist.

Famous People Who Passed Away After 1900

• 1910 – William Holman Hunt, an English painter.
• 1933 – Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, an English politician.
• 1940 – José Félix Estigarribia, a Paraguayan soldier and politician who became President of Paraguay.
• 1941 – Mario García Menocal, a Cuban lawyer and politician who became President of Cuba.
• 1949 – José Clemente Orozco, a Mexican painter.
• 1951 – Maria Montez, a Dominican-French actress.
• 1959 – Maurice Duplessis, a Canadian lawyer and politician.
• 1960 – Wilhelm Pieck, a German politician who became President of East Germany.
• 1962 – Karen Blixen, a Danish author.
• 1969 – Everett Dirksen, an American politician.
• 1978 – Keith Moon, the English drummer for the band The Who.
• 1981 – Christy Brown, an Irish author and painter.
• 1990 – A. J. P. Taylor, an English historian.
• 1991 – Edwin McMillan, an American physicist and chemist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, a Congolese soldier and politician who became President of Zaire.
• 2003 – Warren Zevon, an American singer-songwriter.
• 2011 – Many people died in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, including several ice hockey players like Pavol Demitra, Stefan Liv, and Ruslan Salei.
• 2014 – Kwon Ri-se, a South Korean singer.
• 2018 – Mac Miller, an American rapper.

Holidays and observances

• Air Force Day (Pakistan)
• Christian feast day:
  • Anastasius the Fuller
  • Clodoald
  • Gratus of Aosta
  • Stephen Pongracz
  • Marko Krizin
  • Regina
  • September 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Constitution Day (Fiji)
• Independence Day (Brazil), celebrates the independence of Brazil from Portugal in 1822.
• Military Intelligence Day (Ukraine)
• National Threatened Species Day (Australia)
• Victory Day (Mozambique)

See also

In Spanish: 7 de septiembre para niños