CalendarZ

  1. Home
  2. On This Day
  3. September
  4. 17
  5. Thomas Bent

Deaths on September 17

Thomas Bent
1909Sep, 17

Thomas Bent

Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
Sir Thomas Bent (7 December 1838 – 17 September 1909) was an Australian politician and the 22nd Premier of Victoria.

References

Choose Another Date

Events on 1909

  • 9Jan

    Nimrod Expedition

    Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
  • 28Jan

    Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

    United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.
  • 22Feb

    Great White Fleet

    The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  • 31Mar

    Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • 30Sep

    RMS Mauretania (1906)

    Cunard Line’s RMS Mauretania (1906) makes a record breaking Westbound crossing that wins it the Blue Riband, which it would keep for 20 years.