On this day in History - Sep 13

509 BC - temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill dedicated, in Rome on the idus of September.
0081 - Roman Emperor Titus dies (b. 0039)
0122 - Building of Hadrian's Wall begins.
0490 - Battle of Marathon
0533 - Belisarius and the Roman Empire defeat Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimium.
0604 - Pope Sabinianus is consecrated.
1195 - Battle of Mozgawa.
1276 - Pedro Julião, bispo português mas também médico e matemático, é eleito papa com o nome de João XXI.
1438 - King Duarte of Portugal dies (b. 1391)
1440 - Gilles de Rais is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes.
1506 - Andrea Mantegna dies. Italian painter.
1520 - William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley was born (d. 1598). English statesman.
1592 - Michel de Montaigne dies (b. 1533). French writer (Essais).
1598 - King Philip II of Spain and I of Portugal, dies (b. 1526)
1604 - William Brereton was born (d. 1661). English soldier and politician.
1632 - Archduke Leopold V of Austria dies (b. 1586). Regent of the Tyrol.
1640 - Maria de Jesus Lopez Rivas dies in Toledo (b. 18 Aug 1560). Spanish saint
(beatificada em 14/11/1976)
1657 - Jacob Van Campen dies. Dutch architect and painter.
1739 - Grigori Potemkin was born (d. 1791). Russian statesman.
1743 - England, Austria and Savoy-Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.
1758 - Atentado contra D. José I (rei de Portugal 1750-1777)
1759 - Battle of the Plains of Abraham: British defeat French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War
1759 - James Wolfe dies (b. 1727). British general.
1765 - Tremor de terra em Lisboa, de menor intensidade que o verificado no dia 1 de Janeiro.
1775 - Laura Secord was born (d. 1868). Canadian heroine of the War of 1812
1788 - New York City becomes the first United States capital.
1788 - The United States Constitutional Convention sets the date for the first American presidential election, and New York City becomes the temporary capital of the US.
1791 - King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution
1802 - Arnold Ruge was born (d. 1880). German philosopher and political writer.
1806 - Charles James Fox dies (b. 1749). English politician.
1813 - John Sedgwick was born (d. 1864). American Civil War general.
1813 - The British fail to capture Baltimore, Maryland. Turning point in the War of 1812.
1819 - Clara Schumann was born (d. 1896). German pianist and composer.
1830 - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach was born (d. 1916). Austrian writer.
1842 - Guglielmo Ciardi was born (d. 1917). Italian painter.
1842 - John H. Bankhead was born (d. 1920). U.S. Senator.
1847 - Mexican-American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes died defending the Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City in the Mexican-American War
1851 - Walter Reed was born (d. 1902). American physician and biologist.
1857 - Milton S. Hershey was born (d. 1945). American chocolate entrepreneur.
1857 - Michał Drzymała was born (d. 1937). Polish peasant rebel.
1860 - John J. Pershing was born (d. 1948). American general.
1862 - Union soldiers find Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland
1863 - Arthur Henderson was born. British politician and union leader, Nobel Peace Prize 1934
1863 - Arthur Henderson was born ( † 1935). British politician and union leader. 1934 Nobel Prize in Peace.
1871 - António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
1872 - Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach dies (b. 1804). German philosopher.
1873 - Constantin Carathéodory was born (d. 1950). Mathematician.
1874 - Arnold Schoenberg was born (d. 1951). Composer.
1876 - Sherwood Anderson was born (d. 1941). Writer.
1877 - Wilhelm Filchner was born (d. 1957). German explorer.
1877 - Morre, em Vale de Lobos, Alexandre Herculano (n. Lisboa, 28 Mar 1810). Historiador e poeta português (A Voz do Profeta», 1836, «A Harpa do Crente», 1838, «Cartas sobre a História de Portugal», 1842, «Apontamentos para a História dos Bens da Coroa e Forais», 1843-44, «O Bobo», 1843, «Eurico», 1844, «O Pároco da Aldeia», 1844, «História de Portugal», 1846-47-50-53, «Eu e o Clero, Considerações Pacíficas», 1850, «História da Origem e Estabelecimento da Inquisição em Portugal», 1854-59). Quanto à sua colaboração em jornais políticos, está reunida numa colecção de «Opúsculos», que foi publicada a partir de 1873.
1881 - Ambrose Burnside dies (b. 1824). American Civil War general and politician.

1882 - Morre António Rodrigues Sampaio (n. 25 Jul 1806). Jornalista e político português.
1885 - Wilhelm Blaschke was born. Austro-Hungarian geometer.
1885 - Nascimento, em Carregal de Tabosa, Sernancelhe, de Aquilino Ribeiro (m. 1963). Escritor português.
1885 - Friedrich Kiel dies (b. 1821). Austrian composer.
1886 - Sir Robert Robinson was born (d. 1975). Chemist, 1947 Nobel Prize laureate.
1887 - Lavoslav Ruzicka was born (d. 1976). Croatian chemist, 1939 Nobel Prize laureate.
1893 - Larry Shields was born (d. 1953). Jazz musician.
1894 - J.B. Priestley was born (d. 1984). Playwright and novelist.
1894 - Julian Tuwim was born (d. 1953). Polish poet.
1894 - Emmanuel Chabrier dies (b. 1841). French composer.
1895 - Morris Kirksey was born (d. 1981). American athlete and rugby player.
1898 - Hannibal Williston Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
1899 - Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
1900 -Filipino resistance fighters defeat a larger American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine American War.
1903 - Claudette Colbert was born (d. 1996). French actress who won an Oscar for "It Happened One Night."
1906 - First airplane flight in Europe
1911 - Bill Monroe was born (d. 1996). Singer (Bluegrass band).

1911 - Morre, em Paris, Raimundo da Mota de Azevedo Correia (n. 13 Mai 1859). Poeta e diplomata brasileiro. Constitui com Alberto de Oliveira e Olavo Bilac a tríade de mestres do parnasianismo brasileiro.
1912 - Maresuke Nogi dies (b. 1849). Japanese general.
1915 - Andrew L. Harris dies (b. 1835). American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio.
1916 - Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, Wales (d. 1990). Writer (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).
1917 - Nascimento de Adhemar Alves da Nóbrega. Musicólogo brasileiro.
1918 - Dick Haymes was born (d. 1980). Argentine vocalist.
1917 - Robert Ward was born (d. 1994). Composer.
1922 - Charles Brown was born (d. 1999). American blues singer and pianist.
1923 - Aurelio Fierro was born (d. 2005). Italian singer.
1923 - Edouard Boubat was born. French photographer.
1923 - Military coup in Spain - Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship

1923 - Nasce em Fajã de Baixo, na ilha de S. Miguel, Açores, Natália Correia (m. 16 Mar 1993). Escritora e política portuguesa.

1923 - Morre , em Livramento (RS) Alceu de Freitas Wamosi (n. 14 Fev 1895). Poeta, jornalista e político brasileiro. Foi um dos últimos simbolistas.
1924 - Maurice Jarre was born. Composer. (Dr. Zhivago-Academy Award 1966).
1925 - Mel Torme was born (d. 1999). Singer.
1925 - Amilcar Salomón Zorilla was born. Peruvian painter.

1927 - Nasce em S. Paulo Lenita Miranda de Figueiredo . Jornalista, escritora, educadora, e pintora brasileira.
1927 - Laura Cardoso was born. Brazilian actress.
1928 - Italo Svevo, Italian author dies (b. 1861)
1929 - Nicolai Ghiaurov was born (d. 2004). Bulgarian opera singer.
1932 - Barbara Bain was born. Actress.
1932 - Antônio Abujamra was born. Brazilian actor.

1936 - Nasce Dorita Castel-Branco. Escultora portuguesa.
1937 - Don Bluth was born. Animator.
1938 - Judith Martin ("Miss Manners") was born. Etiquette writer.
1939 - Richard Kiel was born. American actor.
1939 - Canada enters into World War II
1940 - German bombs damage Buckingham Palace
1940 - Italy invades Egypt
1941 - David Clayton-Thomas was born. Singer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1941 - Óscar Arias Sánchez was born. President of Costa Rica. 1987 Nobel Prize for Peace and Prize Príncipe de Astúrias for his contribution for Peace in Central America.
1941 - Tadao Ando was born. Japanese archictect.
1943 - Chiang Kai-shek elected president of the Republic of China
1944 - Jacqueline Bisset was born. Actress ( Rich and Famous, The Deep, Airport, Bullitt, Wild Orchid, Murder on the Orient Express, Choices).
1944 - Peter Cetera was born. American singer and bass guitarist (Chicago)
1945 - Noël Godin was born. Belgian humorist
1948 - Nell Carter was born (d. 2003). American actress and singer.
1948 - Margaret Chase Smith is elected senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate
1949 - August Krogh dies. Danish zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1920.
1949 - Itamar Assumpção was born (d. 2003). Brazilian musician.
1950 - Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz was born. Polish politician
1952 - Randy Jones was born. Musician (The Village People)
1952 - Don Was was born. Singer and composer.
1952 - Raymond O'Connor was born. American actor.
1953 - Nikita Khrushchev appointed secretary-general of the Soviet Union
1956 - The dyke around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
1959 - Nasccimento de Hector Fuentes . Artista plástico argentino
1960 - Leo Weiner dies at 75. Hungarian composer (Toldi)
1961 - Dave Mustaine was born. Musician (Megadeth)
1965 - Zak Starkey was born. British musician.
1965 - Willie Mays becomes the fifth member of the 500 home run club with a home run at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.
1965 - The Beatles released "Yesterday".
1967 - Michael Johnson was born. American track and field athlete.
1968 - Emma Sjöberg was born. Swedish model and actress.
1968 - Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact
1969 - Shane Warne was born. Australian cricketer.
1969 - Daniel Fonseca was born. Uruguayan football player.
1970 - First running of the New York City Marathon
1971 - State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to end a prison revolt. 42 people die in the assault.
1971 - Frank Robinson becomes the 11th member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland.
1971 - Goran Ivanisevic was born. Croatian tennis player.
1971 - Stella McCartney was born. British fashion designer.
1973 - Christine Arron was born. French runner.
1973 - Fabio Cannavaro was born. Italian football player
1973 - Betty Field dies (b. 1913). American actress.
1977 - Leopold Stokowski dies (b. 1882). English conductor.
1977 - Steve Biko dies. South African anti-apartheid activist
1977 - Fiona Apple was born. Singer.
1979 - South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognized outside South Africa)
1980 - Viren Rasquinha was born. Indian hockey team member
1980 - Ben Savage was born. Actor.
1981 - In the 33rd Emmy Awards winners included Taxi, Hill St Blue, Judd Hirsh & Isabel Sanford.
1982 - Nenê was born. Brazilian basketball player.
1983 - Sergio Parisse was born. Italian rugby player.
1984 - Shimon Peres formed an Israeli government with Likud
1985 - The popular Super Mario Bros. video game is released by Nintendo.
1986 - Jesús Bermúdez Pareja dies. Spanish archaelogist.
1987 - Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and leading some to die from radiation poisoning.
1987 - Mervyn LeRoy dies. American film director.
1988 - Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere (based on barometric pressure)
1989 - Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.

1991 - Fica concluída a auto-estrada Lisboa-Porto, com a abertura do último troço entre Torres Novas e Condeixa.

1991 - Joe Pasternak dies. American film prooducer.
1992 - Stefan Edberg defeated Pete Sampras to win the U.S. Open title in New York, a day after Monica Seles beat Arantxa Sanchez Vicario to win her seventh Grand Slam title.
1993 - Public unveiling of the Oslo Accords, an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement initiated by Norway.
1993 - Norwegian parliamentary election, 1993
1994 - Ulysses probe passes the Sun's south pole
1996 - After surviving for six days, rapper/actor Tupac Shakur died after being shot four times in a drive by shooting in Las Vegas.
1996 - Tupac Shakur dies. American rapper and actor.
1997 - Katherine Shindle of Illinois was crowned Miss America in Atlantic City, N.J.
1998 - George Wallace dies. American politician .
1998 - Yang Shangkun dies. President of China (1988-1993)
1999 - Benjamin Bloom dies (b. 1913). American educational theorist.
1999 - Roland Blanche dies. French actor.
1999 - Bomb explodes in Moscow, Russia. At least 119 people are killed.
2001 - Dorothy McGuire dies. American actress.
2001 - Civilian airplane traffic in the U.S., which had been grounded following the September 11, 2001 attacks, is allowed to resume.
2003 - Frank O'Bannon dies. Governor of Indiana.
2004 - The anime InuYasha finishes its run in Japan with episode 167.
Feast day of St John Chrysostom
Brasil: Dia do Agrónomo