Events on September 11 72
Year 1185
Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
Year 1226
The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in Avignon, France.
Year 1297
Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
Year 1390
Lithuanian Civil War (1389-92): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
Year 1649
Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.
Year 1697
Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683-1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.
Year 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.
Year 1709
Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.
Year 1714
Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Year 1758
Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
Year 1776
British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
Year 1777
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Year 1780
American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf Massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
Year 1789
Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
Year 1792
The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
Year 1800
The Maltese National Congress Battalions are disbanded by British Civil Commissioner Alexander Ball.
Year 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.
Year 1813
War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C..
Year 1814
War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.
Year 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 disappearance.
Year 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.
Year 1830
Anti-Masonic Party convention; one of the first American political party conventions.
Year 1836
The Riograndense Republic is proclaimed by rebels after defeating Empire of Brazil's troops in the Battle of Seival, during the Ragamuffin War.
Year 1851
Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves stand against their former owner in armed resistance in Christiana, Pennsylvania, creating a rallying cry for the abolitionist movement.
Year 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.
Year 1857
The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
Year 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.
Year 1903
The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
Year 1914
Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
Year 1916
The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
Year 1921
Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
Year 1941
Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of pressing for war with Germany.
Year 1943
World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.
Year 1944
World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.
Year 1944
World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
Year 1945
World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo.
Year 1950
Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38th parallel.
Year 1954
Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
Year 1961
Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
Year 1965
Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
Year 1968
Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
Year 1970
The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
Year 1973
A coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet exercises dictatorial power until ousted in a referendum in 1988, staying in power until 1990.
Year 1974
Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
Year 1976
A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.
Year 1980
Voters approve a new Constitution of Chile, later amended after the departure of President Pinochet.
Year 1982
The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces.
Year 1985
Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's baseball record for most career hits with his 4,192nd hit.
Year 1989
Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
Year 1992
Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.
Year 1997
After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
Year 2001
Two hijacked aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, while a third smashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in a series of coordinated suicide attacks by 19 members of al-Qaeda. A total of 2,996 people are killed.
Year 2008
A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.
Year 2011
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is open on the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attack
Year 2015
A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.