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September 22 in History

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Events: 115Births: 4Deaths: 2Battles: 2

Historical Events on September 22

1415
Siege of Harfleur
Henry IV · England · Harfleur

Ends the siege of Harfleur

1415
Siege of Harfleur
Henry V · England · Harfleur

Takes Harfleur after a 6 week siege then marches north to Calais

1417
Invasion of Normandy
Henry V · England · Harfleur

Henry V uses Harfleur for the eventual capture of Normandy

1417
Siege of Harfleur
Henry V · England · Harfleur

Henry V uses Harfleur for the eventual capture of Normandy. Henry takes Harfleur after a 5 week siege

1520
Excommunication
Leo X · Italy · Vatican

Luther is excommunicated by the Pope

1520
Excommunication
Martin Luther · Germany

Luther is excommunicated by the Pope

1520
Invasion of Rhodes
Selim I the Grim · Turkey · Rhodes

Death of Selim I the Grim, while preparing for an expedition agasinst Rhodes

1565
Political Support
Mary of Scots · Scotland

Learns France will not support her against Murray

1604
Capture of Ostend
Philip III · Spain · Ostend

Ambrogio Spinola, who had succeeded Archduke Albert as commander in the field, eventually captures Ostend, but only at the price of accepting the loss of Sluis

1604
Capture of Ostend
Ambrogio Spinola · Spain · Ostend

Ambrogio Spinola, who had succeeded Archduke Albert as commander in the field, eventually captures Ostend, but only at the price of accepting the loss of Sluis

1604
Siege of Ostend
Philip III · Spain · Ostend

Ambrogio Spinola, who had succeeded Archduke Albert as commander in the field, eventually captures Ostend, but only at the price of accepting the loss of Sluis

1604
Siege of Ostend
Ambrogio Spinola · Spain · Ostend

Ambrogio Spinola, who had succeeded Archduke Albert as commander in the field, eventually captures Ostend, but only at the price of accepting the loss of Sluis

1639
Opposition to Berwick Settlement
Thomas Wentworth · England · London

Wentworth urged Charles to renew preparations rather than accept the Berwick settlement as final.

1648
Constitution of France
Anne of Austria · France

Worried her son will be a "cardboard King". Signs a declaration granting further reform

1714
Investiture
George II · Great Britain · London

Created Prince of Wales. Created Earl Chester

1761
Succession
George III · Great Britain · London

Succeeds as King of Great Britain, Succeeds his grandfather George II

1792
Republic
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre · France · Paris

The new French Republic creates a political setting in which the Jacobin Club becomes more openly republican

1792
Republic
Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre · France · Paris

The new French Republic creates a political setting in which the Jacobin Club becomes more openly republican.

1830
Constitution of Venezuela
Jose Antonio Paez · Venezuela · Valencia

Leads Venezuela when the Constitution of 1830 establishes the institutions of the independent republic.

1831
Legislation
Charles Grey · Great Britain · London

The House of Commons passes the Reform Bill, the Tories still dominated the House of Lords, and after a long debate the bill was defeated

1831
Reformation, The
Charles Grey · Great Britain · London

The House of Commons passes the Reform Bill, the Tories still dominated the House of Lords, and after a long debate the bill was defeated

1846
SS Great Britain
Isambard Kingdom Brunel · Great Britain · Dundrum Bay

SS Great Britain runs aground in Dundrum Bay during a transatlantic voyage.

1881
Formal Presidential Swearing-In
Chester Alan Arthur · United States of America · Washington

Participates in a formal presidential swearing-in ceremony in Washington.

1881
Second Oath Ceremony
Chester Alan Arthur · United States of America · Washington

Begins organizing the new administration after Garfield's death.

1914
First RNAS Raid on Germany
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Great Britain · Dusseldorf

Royal Naval Air Service aircraft attack Zeppelin sheds at Dusseldorf and Cologne from their Belgian base.

1914
Invasion of Tsingtau
Taisho · Japan · Tsingtau

Japanese forces land in Shantung to attack Tsingtau

1914
Loss of Aboukir Hogue and Cressy
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Great Britain · North Sea

The sinking of three British cruisers by German submarine U-9 exposes the growing danger from submarines.

1915
British Land Forces Position Reviewed
Henry Herbert Asquith · Great Britain · London

Addresses the strength and deployment requirements of British land forces.

1918
Jisr ed Damieh Crossing Captured
Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor · New Zealand · Jisr ed Damieh

Chaytor's force captures the important Jordan crossing at Jisr ed Damieh.

1919
Steel Strike
William Z. Foster · United States of America · Pittsburgh

Foster helps organise a nationwide steel strike seeking union recognition and shorter hours.

1933
Reich Chamber of Culture
Joseph Goebbels · Germany · Berlin

Establishes the Reich Chamber of Culture to control writers, artists, musicians, theatre, press, radio and film.

1937
Alliance Chiang Kai-Shek and resistance
Chiang Kai-Shek · China

The Chinese Communist Party publicly supports resistance under a renewed united front against Japan.

1937
Invasion of China
Chiang Kai-Shek · China

The Communist-Nationalist united front strengthens as both sides prepare resistance to Japan.

1938
Alliance Agreement at Bad Godesberg
Neville Chamberlain · Great Britain · Bad Godesberg

Offers Hitler the Sudetenland. Chamberlain offers the dissolution of the Czech alliances with France & Russia

1938
Alliance Agreement at Bad Godesberg
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Bad Godesberg

Chamberlain visits Hitler & offers peaceful inclusion of Sudetenland within the Reich. Chamberlain offers the dissolution of the Czech alliances with France & Russia

1938
Alliance Chamberlain and France and Russia
Neville Chamberlain · Great Britain · Bad Godesberg

Chamberlain offers the dissolution of the Czech alliances with France & Russia

1938
Alliance Chamberlain and France and Russia
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Bad Godesberg

Chamberlain offers the dissolution of the Czech alliances with France & Russia

1938
Bad Godesberg
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Bad Godesberg

Hitler claimed that conditions had changed since the Berchtesgaden meeting one week earlier.

1938
Bad Godesberg
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Bad Godesberg

Hitler demanded immediate evacuation of Czechoslovak authorities from the territories marked on his map.

1938
Bad Godesberg
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Bad Godesberg

Hitler rejected a prolonged international process for transferring Sudeten German areas to Germany.

1938
Bad Godesberg
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Hotel Dreesen

Hitler rejected the Anglo-French transfer plan presented by Chamberlain as inadequate and outdated.

1938
Bad Godesberg
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Sudetenland, The

Hitler insisted that German troops, rather than international forces, occupy the ceded districts.

1938
Bad Godesberg
Kamil Krofta · Czechoslovakia · Prague

Krofta warned foreign diplomats that Hitler might enlarge his demands during the Godesberg meeting.

1938
Bad Godesberg
Joachim von Ribbentrop · Germany · Hotel Dreesen

Ribbentrop attended the talks and supported Hitler’s rejection of the Anglo-French proposals.

1938
Bad Godesberg
Jan Syrovy · Czechoslovakia · Prague

Syrovy formed a new government as the Godesberg negotiations intensified the national emergency.

1938
Bad Godesberg Meeting
Neville Chamberlain · Great Britain · Bad Godesberg

Hitler receives Chamberlain & demands the immediate cession of all Sudetenland

1938
Bad Godesberg Meeting
Neville Chamberlain · Great Britain · Bad Godesberg

Offers Hitler the Sudetenland. Chamberlain offers the dissolution of the Czech alliances with France & Russia

1938
Bad Godesberg Meeting
Neville Chamberlain · Great Britain · Bad Godesberg

Chamberlain presented the Anglo-French transfer plan that Czechoslovakia had accepted under pressure.

1938
Bad Godesberg Meeting
Neville Chamberlain · Great Britain · Cologne

Chamberlain arrived near Cologne before continuing by train and motorcade to Bad Godesberg.

1938
Bad Godesberg Meeting
Neville Chamberlain · Great Britain · Heston Airport

Chamberlain flew from Heston to Germany for his second personal meeting with Hitler.

1938
Bad Godesberg Meeting
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Bad Godesberg

Chamberlain offers the dissolution of the Czech alliances with France & Russia

1938
Bad Godesberg Meeting
Horace Wilson · Great Britain · Bad Godesberg

Horace Wilson advised Chamberlain during the negotiations and helped assess the German response.

1938
End of Second Hodza Government
Milan Hodza · Slovakia · Prague

The Second Hodza Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

1938
First Syrovy Government
Jan Syrovy · Czech Republic · Prague

Begins the First Syrovy Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

1938
Godesberg
Neville Chamberlain · Great Britain · Bad Godesberg

Chamberlain presented the Anglo-French transfer plan that Czechoslovakia had accepted under pressure.

1938
Godesberg
Neville Chamberlain · Great Britain · Cologne

Chamberlain arrived near Cologne before continuing by train and motorcade to Bad Godesberg.

1938
Godesberg
Neville Chamberlain · Great Britain · Heston Airport

Chamberlain flew from Heston to Germany for his second personal meeting with Hitler.

1938
Godesberg
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Bad Godesberg

Hitler claimed that conditions had changed since the Berchtesgaden meeting one week earlier.

1938
Godesberg
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Bad Godesberg

Hitler demanded immediate evacuation of Czechoslovak authorities from the territories marked on his map.

1938
Godesberg
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Bad Godesberg

Hitler rejected a prolonged international process for transferring Sudeten German areas to Germany.

1938
Godesberg
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Hotel Dreesen

Hitler rejected the Anglo-French transfer plan presented by Chamberlain as inadequate and outdated.

1938
Godesberg
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Sudetenland, The

Hitler insisted that German troops, rather than international forces, occupy the ceded districts.

1938
Godesberg
Kamil Krofta · Czechoslovakia · Prague

Krofta warned foreign diplomats that Hitler might enlarge his demands during the Godesberg meeting.

1938
Godesberg
Joachim von Ribbentrop · Germany · Hotel Dreesen

Ribbentrop attended the talks and supported Hitler’s rejection of the Anglo-French proposals.

1938
Godesberg
Jan Syrovy · Czechoslovakia · Prague

Syrovy formed a new government as the Godesberg negotiations intensified the national emergency.

1938
Godesberg
Horace Wilson · Great Britain · Bad Godesberg

Horace Wilson advised Chamberlain during the negotiations and helped assess the German response.

1938
Invasion of Czech
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Bad Godesberg

Chamberlain visits Hitler & offers peaceful inclusion of Sudetenland within the Reich

1938
Invasion of Sudetenland, The
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Bad Godesberg

Chamberlain visits Hitler & offers peaceful inclusion of Sudetenland within the Reich

1938
Peace Mediation at Godesberg
Neville Chamberlain · Great Britain · Godesberg

Hitler receives Chamberlain & demands the immediate cession of all Sudetenland

1938
Resignation of Milan Hodza
Milan Hodza · Czech Republic · Prague

Resigns after the Treaty of Munich

1938
Rule of Saarland
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Saarland

Chamberlain visits Hitler & offers peaceful inclusion of Sudetenland within the Reich

1938
Rule of Sudetenland, The
Neville Chamberlain · Great Britain · Bad Godesberg

Hitler receives Chamberlain & demands the immediate cession of all Sudetenland

1938
Rule of Sudetenland, The
Neville Chamberlain · Great Britain · Sudetenland, The

Offers Hitler the Sudetenland

1938
Treaty of Munich
Neville Chamberlain · Great Britain · Bad Godesberg

Chamberlain met Hitler again and presented the Anglo-French proposals accepted by Czechoslovakia.

1938
Treaty of Munich
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Bad Godesberg

Hitler rejected the earlier transfer timetable and demanded rapid German military occupation of the Sudetenland.

1938
Treaty of Munich
Milan Hodza · Czechoslovakia · Prague

Hodza resigned after public anger and political crisis followed acceptance of the Anglo-French plan.

1938
Treaty of Munich
Jan Syrovy · Czechoslovakia · Prague

Syrovy formed a new government during the mounting threat of German invasion.

1939
Capture of Lvov
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Lvov

Lvov is captured

1939
Supreme War Council
Edward Bridges · Great Britain · Hove

Records British cabinet coordination around the Hove meeting.

1939
Supreme War Council
Alexander Cadogan · Great Britain · Hove

Supports British diplomatic work at the Hove meeting.

1939
Supreme War Council
Francois Darlan · France · Hove

Represents French naval concerns during Anglo-French discussions.

1939
Supreme War Council
Raoul Dautry · France · Hove

Represents French munitions planning at the council meeting.

1939
Supreme War Council
Jean Monnet · France · Hove

Works on Franco-British economic coordination linked to the council.

1939
Supreme War Council
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood · Great Britain · Hove

Attends discussions on Italy and Allied strategy.

1945
Martial Law
Douglas Gracey · Great Britain · Saigon

Appeals in vain for calm as French paratroopers go on the rampage in Saigon

1945
Trial
Douglas MacArthur · United States of America

Instructs the creation of an international war tribunal to try Japanese war criminals

1946
CIB
Joseph Stalin · Russia · Moscow

Orders the launch the Communist Information Bureau in response to the Marshall Plan

1950
Capture of River Han
Douglas MacArthur · United States of America · River Han

The US reaches the Han River near Seoul

1960
Proclamation of Republic of Mali
Modibo Keita · Mali · Bamako

Keita proclaims the independent and sovereign Republic of Mali after Senegal leaves the federation.

1961
Peace
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Washington

Signs a law making the Peace Corps permanent

1961
Peace Corps
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Washington

Signs a law making the Peace Corps permanent

1976
Strike
James Callaghan · Great Britain

The executive of the National Union of Seamen call off the strike. The executive of the National Union of Seamen accept fringe benefits

1978
Tormato
Steve Howe · Great Britain · London

Plays guitar on Tormato during the last album by the late-1970s line-up.

1978
Tormato
Alan White · Great Britain · London

Drums on Tormato, the final studio album before Anderson and Wakeman leave.

1979
Cut Chart Entry
Viv Albertine · Great Britain · Great Britain

Cut enters the UK albums chart during the Slits' major commercial breakthrough.

1980
Bombing of Iran
Saddam Hussein · Iraq

Iraq bombs 10 Iranian airbases

1980
Invasion of Iran
Saddam Hussein · Iraq

Invades Iran & begins the Gulf War

1980
Invasion of Iran
Ruhollah Khomeini · Iran

Iraq launches an all out attack on Iran, hoping for a quick victory

1982
Agreement on Oppose Soviet hegemony
Margaret Hilda Thatcher · Great Britain · London

Meets the Chinese Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang. China & Britain agree to oppose Soviet hegemony

1982
Rule of Hong Kong
Margaret Hilda Thatcher · Great Britain · Hong Kong

The Chinese insist on regaining Hong Kong by 1997

1985
Farm Aid
Neil Young · Canada · Champaign

Co-founds Farm Aid with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp to support family farmers.

1993
Health of William Jefferson Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Bill Clinton · United States of America

Announce a mandate for employers to provide health insurance coverage to all of their employees through competitive but closely-regulated health maintenance organisations (HMOs)

1993
Health Reform
William Jefferson Bill Clinton · United States of America

Announce a mandate for employers to provide health insurance coverage to all of their employees through competitive but closely-regulated health maintenance organisations (HMOs)

1993
Reform of Royal Succession
William Jefferson Bill Clinton · United States of America

Announce a mandate for employers to provide health insurance coverage to all of their employees through competitive but closely-regulated health maintenance organisations (HMOs)

2000
Credit Crunch
Alistair Darling · Great Britain

Alistair Darling suggests the Government is planning a 100,000 pounds guarantee to cover all savers

2003
Minister of Finance
Sadakazu Tanigaki · Japan

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi names a new cabinet, including Sadakazu Tanigaki as finance minister and Taro Aso as home affairs minister

2003
Minister of Home Affairs
Taro Aso · Japan

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi names a new cabinet, including Sadakazu Tanigaki as finance minister and Taro Aso as home affairs minister

2005
Iraq Annual Material Verification
Mohamed ElBaradei · Egypt · Iraq

IAEA inspectors complete the annual physical inventory verification of declared nuclear material remaining in Iraq.

2007
Credit Crunch
Alistair Darling · Great Britain

Alistair Darling suggests the Government is planning a œ100,000 guarantee to cover all savers

2011
First UN General Assembly Address
David William Donald Cameron · Great Britain · New York

Addresses the United Nations General Assembly as Prime Minister for the first time.

2014
Interim Government Approved
Abdullah al-Thani · Libya · Tobruk

The House of Representatives approves al-Thani's eastern-based interim government.

2017
Brexit
Theresa Mary May · Great Britain · Florence

Delivers the Florence speech on the Brexit transition and future relationship.

2021
Presidential Decree 117
Kais Saied · Tunisia · Tunis

Presidential Decree 117 reorganized public powers and expanded presidential authority during the exceptional measures.

2021
Seventy-Sixth UN General Assembly Speech
Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Ukraine · New York

Warns the UN that occupied Ukrainian territories remain a threat to international law and collective security.

2022
Bee Network Bus Design
Andrew Murray Burnham · Great Britain · Manchester

Burnham unveils the yellow-and-black design for the first Bee Network buses.

Births on September 22

1515
Birth of Anne of Cleves
Anne of Cleves · England · Dusseldorf

Birth of Anne of Cleves, daughter of John, Duke of Cleves

1791
Birth of Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday · Great Britain · Newington Butts

Birth of Michael Faraday

1878
Birth of Shigeru Yoshida
Shigeru Yoshida · Japan · Tokyo

Born into the samurai family of the Tosa Clan

1882
Birth of Wilhelm Keitel
Wilhelm Keitel · Germany · Helscherode

Birth of Wilhelm Keitel

Deaths on September 22

1520
Death of Selim I the Grim
Selim I the Grim · Turkey

Death of Selim I the Grim, while preparing for an expedition agasinst Rhodes

1576
Death of Walter Devereux
Walter Devereux · England · Dublin

Death of Walter Devereux

Battles on September 22

1789
Battle of River Rymnik
Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov · Russia · River Rymnik

Defeats Yusuf Pahas main army

1866
Battle of Curupayty
Jose Eduvigis Diaz · Paraguay · Curupayty

Helps deliver a major defensive victory against Allied forces.

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