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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 7th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 7th, 1533, in what had to ironically have been one of the most disappointing births in history, the future Queen Elizabeth I of England made her grand entrance onto the world and political stage. On September 7, 1776, American patriot Ezra Lee made the first attack by a submarine against a surface warship in history against the HMS Eagle in…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 6th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 6, 1620, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, England, headed for the “New World” in America. On September 6, 1803, pioneering atomic theorist John Dalton of England first assigned symbols to represent atoms of various elements. On September 6, 1939, the Battle of Barking Creek in the skies over England became an historic event for Britain’s RAF, the first loss of an RAF…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 5th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 5, 1698, Czar Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great) enacted a tax on beards. On September 5, 1698, Czar Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great) enacted a tax on beards.  (NOTE: The link in the date for this entry leads to a different article than the other mention to this same event above.) On September 5, 1725, Louis…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 4th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 4, 1781, what is now the City of Los Angeles, California, was founded by four Spanish soldiers and 44 settlers, who called their new settlement El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles or perhaps El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles. On September 4, 1882, the Pearl Street Station opened for business in New York City, the first commercial…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 3rd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 3, 1783, the treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War was signed in Paris, France, thus becoming known as the Treaty of Paris. On September 3, 1838, Frederick Douglass, an African American slave in Maryland, finally made good on an escape attempt, using trains, ferry boats, and steam boats to find his way to Pennsylvania, a “free” state. On September 3, 1935,…