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EVENTS ON SEPTEMBER 14

Jung Bahadur Rana

Year: 1846

Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.

American Civil War

Year: 1862

American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.

Ottoman Empire

Year: 1829

The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.

Battle of Baltimore

Year: 1814

Battle of Baltimore: The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.

Napoleonic Wars

Year: 1812

Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.

William McKinley

Year: 1901

U.S. president William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.

Pyotr Stolypin

Year: 1911

Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot by Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of Tsar Saltan at the Kiev Opera House, in the presence of Tsar Nicholas II.

World War II

Year: 1939

World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.

Ip massacre

Year: 1940

Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.

Raoul Villain

Year: 1936

Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza.

BIRTHS ON SEPTEMBER 14

Zoe Caldwell

Year of birth: 1933

Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (died 2020)

Don Walser

Year of birth: 1934

Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)

Kate Millett

Year of birth: 1934

Kate Millett, American author and activist (died 2017)

Harve Presnell

Year of birth: 1933

Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (died 2009)

Harry Sinden

Year of birth: 1932

Harry Sinden, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

Allan Bloom

Year of birth: 1930

Allan Bloom, American philosopher and academic (died 1992)

John Tembo

Year of birth: 1932

John Tembo, Malawian politician (died 2023)

Paul Little (rugby union)

Year of birth: 1934

Paul Little, New Zealand rugby player (died 1993)

Sarah Kofman

Year of birth: 1934

Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (died 1994)

Terence Donovan (photographer)

Year of birth: 1936

Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (died 1996)

DEATHS ON SEPTEMBER 14

Johannes Bosboom

Year of death: 1891

Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (born 1817)

Bernhard von Cotta

Year of death: 1879

Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (born 1808)

William Seward Burroughs I

Year of death: 1898

William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (born 1857)

William McKinley

Year of death: 1901

William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (born 1843)

José Echegaray

Year of death: 1916

José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1832)

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza

Year of death: 1905

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (born 1852)

Virajanand Dandeesha

Year of death: 1868

Swami Virajanand Dandeesha, also known as the Blind Sage of Mathura, celebrated teacher of Arya Samaj founder, Dayanand Saraswati, a scholar and teacher of Sanskrit grammar and Vedic literature (born 1778)