And the next date in the calendar is....

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28 August 1592 – Birth of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, KG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Villiers,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham

 

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29th August 1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_Reitwagen

 

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30 August 1483 – Death of King Louis XI of France

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XI_of_France

 

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31 August 1422 – King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_of_England

 

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September 1, 1939 - Nazi Germany invades Poland. WWII begins

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland

 

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2 September 1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St Paul's Cathedral.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London

 

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3 September 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Metz

 

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4 September 1800 – The French garrison in Valletta surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the Maltese. The islands of Malta and Gozo become the Malta Protectorate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta_Protectorate

 

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5 September 1548 – Death of Queen Catherine Parr, wife of King Henry VIII of England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Parr

 

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September 6, 1948 - Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands upon the abdication of her mother, Wilhelmina

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_of_the_Netherlands

 

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7 September 1836 – Birth of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, GCB, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Campbell-Bannerman

 

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September 8, 1755 - Battle of Lake George

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_George

 

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9 September 1513 – King James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden Field.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Flodden_Field

 

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10 September 1547 – The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of King Edward VI.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pinkie_Cleugh

 

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11 September 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. Altogether, 2,996 people are killed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks

 

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September 12, 1942 - Sinking of RMS Laconia by torpedo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Laconia_(1921)

 

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13 September 1759 – Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Plains_of_Abraham

 

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14 September 1852 – Death of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington

 

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September 15, 1907 - Birth of actress Fay Wray

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Wray

 

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16 September 1701 – Death of the former King James II of England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England