On this day ......

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11 September 1862 - Birth of Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, GCB, GCMG, MVO, DCO.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Byng_of_Vimy

 

[Pickwick]

12 september 490 BC The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies, defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece.

 

[MassRuss]

September 12, 1852 - Birth of H H Asquith, future PM of the UK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Asquith

 

[unloadonme]

14 September 1774 – Birth of Lord William Bentinck, GCB, GCH, PC, English soldier and statesman, 14th Governor-General of India

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

 

[MassRuss]

September 14, 1879 - Birth of Margaret Sanger, American Birth Control advocate, lecturer, nurse, sex educator

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

 

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15 September 1890 – Birth of Dame Agatha Christie

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

 

[MassRuss]

September 16, 1620 - Mayflower begins voyage to North America

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

 

[unloadonme]

16 September 1824 – Death of King Louis XVIII of France

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

 

[MassRuss]

September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg). Bloodiest day in American History. 22,717 killed, wounded or missing. Civil War. 1st battle to take place on Union Soil, (Maryland, although a slave state, did not secede).

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

 

[Pickwick]

September 17 1743: birth of Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist. He died a mysterious death in prison after a period of flight from French Revolutionary authorities.

 

[unloadonme]

17 September 1674 – Birth of Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Augustus,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany

 

[MassRuss]

September 18, 1714 - George I arrives in Great Britain for the 1st time since becoming king on August 1

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

 

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18 September 1786 – Birth of King Christian VIII of Denmark

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

 

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19 September 1356 – Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures the French king, John II.

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

 

[MassRuss]

September 20, 1486 - Birth of Arthur, Prince of Wales to Henry VII & Elizabeth of York

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur,_Prince_of_Wales

 

[Pickwick]

19 September 1796 George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.

 

[Pickwick]

20 September 1792 Battle of Valmy, French revolutionary troops stop the allied European monarchies' armies from invading France.

 

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21 September 1866 – Birth of H G Wells

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells

 

[MassRuss]

September 21, 1411 - Birth of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_of_York,_3rd_Duke_of_York

 

[unloadonme]

22 September 1896 – Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.

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