All Events

Historical Events on September 7

  • Siege of Jerusalem (AD 70)

    AD 70

    A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.

  • Invasion of Dominica (1778)

    1778

    American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.

  • Giuseppe Garibaldi

    1860

    Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.

  • Quincy Adams Gillmore

    1863

    American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.

  • William Tecumseh Sherman

    1864

    American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

  • RMS Lusitania

    1907

    Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

  • Benjamin the thylacine

    1936

    The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.

  • Luftwaffe

    1940

    World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.

  • Vietnam War

    1965

    Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.

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