What happend on 7th September

06.09
08.09
1901

The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Peking Protocol.

1876

In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are surrounded by an angry mob and are nearly killed.

1864

American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

1860

Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 400 lives.

1822

Brazil declares its independence from Portugal.

1821

The Republic of Gran Colombia (a federation covering much of presentday Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador) was established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president.

1818

Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.

1812

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Borodino

1776

World's first submarine attack. The American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship Eagle in New York Harbor.

1539

Guru Angad Dev ji becomes the second Guru of the Sikhs