What happend on 1st September

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02.09
1894

Great Hinckley Fire: A forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota, kills more than 400 people.

1875

A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.

1873

Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.

1864

American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.

1862

American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly

1836

Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.

1807

Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason.

1804

Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, was discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.

1772

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

1752

The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.