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Battle of Ravenna (476)

The Battle of Ravenna, capital of the Western Roman Empire, between the Heruli under their King Odoacer and the remnants of the Western Roman army in Roman Italy occurred in early September 476, and represented a culminating event in the ongoing fall of the Western Roman Empire.

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Italy

Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire

Romulus Augustus (c. 460–465 – c. 511–530), nicknamed Augustulus, was Roman emperor of the West from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. Romulus was placed on the imperial throne while still a minor by his father Orestes, the magister militum, for whom he served as little more than a figurehead. After a rule of ten months, the barbarian general Odoacer defeated and killed Orestes and deposed Romulus.

Battle of Lenzen

The Battle of Lenzen was a land battle between a Saxon army of the Kingdom of Germany and the armies of the Slavic Redarii and Linonen peoples, that took place on 4 September 929 near the fortified Linonen stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg, Germany. The Saxon army, commanded by Saxon magnate Bernhard, destroyed a Slavic Redarii army. It marked the failure of Slavic attempts to resist German king Henry the Fowler's expansionism to the Elbe. The Saxons had been laying siege to Lenzen, a Slavic fortress, since 30 August. On 3 September the Saxon mounted scouts alerted Bernhard to the presence of a Redarii army nearby.

Brandenburg, Germany

Battle of Mosynopolis

The Battle of Mosynopolis (Bulgarian: Битка при Месинопол) took place on 4 September 1207 near Mosynopolis, located close to the modern town of Komotini, Greece, where Bulgarians defeated Latin Empire's forces. In early 1207, the Bulgarian Tsar Kaloyan allied with Emperor Theodore I Laskaris of Nicaea to attack the Latin Empire, forcing Emperor Henry to relinquish territory in Asia Minor.

Battle of Montaperti

The Battle of Montaperti was fought on 4 September 1260 between Florence and Siena in Tuscany as part of the conflict between the Guelphs and Ghibellines. The Florentines were routed. It was the bloodiest battle fought in Medieval Italy, with more than 10,000 fatalities. An act of treachery during the battle is recorded by Dante Alighieri in the Inferno section of the Divine Comedy.

Tuscany, Italy

Peter III of Aragon is proclaimed King of Sicily in Palermo

Peter III of Aragon (In Aragonese, Pero; in Catalan, Pere; in Italian, Pietro; c. 1239 – 11 November 1285) was King of Aragon, King of Valencia (as Peter I), and Count of Barcelona (as Peter II) from 1276 to his death. At the invitation of some rebels, he conquered the Kingdom of Sicily and became King of Sicily (as Peter I) in 1282, pressing the claim of his wife, Constance II of Sicily, uniting the kingdom to the crown.

Battle of Les Formigues

The naval Battle of Les Formigues (Catalan) took place probably in the early morning of 4 September 1285 near Les Formigues Islands, about 85 km northeast of Barcelona, when a Catalan-Sicilian galley fleet commanded by Roger of Lauria defeated a French and Genoese galley fleet commanded by Guilhem de Lodeva, Henry di Mari, and John de Orrea. There are three almost completely different accounts of this battle in Ramon Muntaner, Bernard Desclot, and the Gesta comitum Barchinonensium. The Gesta places the battle at Les Formigues (or Formigas), while Muntaner favoured a location off Roses (Rosas) to the north.

Province of Girona, Spain

Siege of Calais (1346–1347)

The siege of Calais (4 September 1346 – 3 August 1347) occurred at the conclusion of the Crécy campaign, when an English army under the command of King Edward III of England successfully besieged the French town of Calais during the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years' War. The English army of some 10,000 men had landed in northern Normandy on 12 July 1346.

Treaty of Alcáçovas

The Treaty of Alcáçovas (also known as Treaty or Peace of Alcáçovas-Toledo) was signed on 4 September 1479 between the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal, on the other side. It put an end to the War of the Castilian Succession, which ended with a victory of the Castilians on land and a Portuguese victory on the sea.

War of the Castilian Succession

After the death of King Henry IV of Castile in late 1474, the supporters of his reputed daughter, Joanna 'la Beltraneja', waged a war for the succession to the Crown of Castile against the supporters of his half-sister, Isabella, who prevailed by 1479. The war had a marked international character, as Isabella was married to Ferdinand, heir apparent to the Crown of Aragon, while Joanna married her uncle King Afonso V of Portugal at the suggestion of her supporters.

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Siege of Älvsborg (1563)

The siege of Älvsborg (Swedish: Belägringen av Älvsborg), also known as the siege of Elfsborg (Danish: Belejringen af Elfsborg), was a siege of the Swedish fortress of Älfsborg by the Danish army under King Frederick II at the start of the Northern Seven Years' War. The siege ended in a quick Danish victory, and the Swedish commander would surrender the fort before any direct assault would be initiated.

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Sweden

Spanish ships confront the French fleet off Florida

On September 4, 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sailed north along Florida's Atlantic coast with Spanish ships and encountered four French vessels anchored near Fort Caroline. The Spanish approached and pursued the French ships, but the main assault on Fort Caroline and the later killings near Matanzas Inlet occurred on other dates that month.

Menéndez encountered and pursued the French ships on September 4, 1565; this was not the date of the later land assault on Fort Caroline.

United States

Kunohe rebellion

The Kunohe rebellion (九戸政実の乱, Kunoe Masazane no Ran) was an insurrection of the Sengoku period of Japan that occurred in Mutsu Province from 13 March to 4 September 1591. The Kunohe Rebellion was the final battle in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaigns during the Sengoku period and completed the unification of Japan.

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Japan

First Battle of Steinau

The First Battle of Steinau took place from August 29 to September 4, 1632, during the middle stages of the Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years’ War. An allied army of Saxons, Swedes, and Brandenburgers invaded Silesia with 21,000 troops, encountering an Imperial army of 20,000 at Ścinawa (German: Steinau an der Oder). The resulting battle was a major allied victory.

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Siege of Hereford

The siege of Hereford took place in 1645 during the English Civil War when the city of Hereford and its English Royalist garrison was besieged by a Scottish Covenanter army under the command of the Earl of Leven. The Covenanters were allied to the English Parliamentarian cause and moved to take the Royalist stronghold in the wake of their victory at the Battle of Naseby.

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United Kingdom

Battle of Pohost

The Battle of Pohost was an armed clash that took place on 4 September 1648, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising.

The most destructive damage from the Great Fire of London (depicted) occurred

The Great Fire of London occurred from Sunday 2 September to Wednesday 5 September 1666, gutting the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall, while also extending past the wall to the west. The death toll is generally thought to have been relatively small, although some historians have challenged this belief. The fire started in a bakery in Pudding Lane shortly after midnight on Sunday 2 September and spread rapidly.

Battle of Katole

The Battle of Katole was a military engagement between forces of Portuguese Angola and the Kingdom of Matamba. The battle took place on 4 September 1681 at Katole in what is today Angola.

Angola

Siege of Namur (1695)

The siege of Namur (also known as the second siege of Namur) took place during the Nine Years' War between 2 July and 4 September 1695. Its capture by the French in the 1692 siege and recapture by the Grand Alliance in 1695 are often viewed as the defining events of the war; the second siege is considered to be William III's most significant military success during the war.

Belgium

Battle of Murcia

The Battle of Murcia or Battle of the Huerto de las Bombas was a battle on 4 September 1706 between the Bourbons under bishop Luis de Belluga and a combined British and Dutch force. It formed part of the War of the Spanish Succession and occurred near the Spanish town of Murcia. It resulted in a Bourbon victory.

Murcia, Spain · Region of Murcia, Spain

Battle of Petitcodiac

The Battle of Petitcodiac was an engagement which occurred during the Bay of Fundy campaign of the French and Indian War. The battle was fought between the British colonial forces from Massachusetts and Acadian militiamen led by French officer Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot on September 4, 1755. It took place at the Acadian village of Village-des-Blanchard on the Petitcodiac River.

Siege of Pondicherry (1760)

The 1760–1761 Siege of Pondicherry was a conflict in the Third Carnatic War, part of the global Seven Years' War. Lasting from 4 September 1760 to 15 January 1761, British land and naval forces besieged and eventually compelled the forces defending the French colonial outpost of Pondicherry to surrender. The city was on the verge of starvation when French commander Lally surrendered. Many civilians were killed in fire between the lines when Lally attempted to evict them from the city in order to reduce the population under siege. It was the third British victory under Robert Clive.

Pondicherry, India

1780 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on September 4, 1780. John Hancock, the former delegate to the Continental Congress from Massachusetts, defeated James Bowdoin, the former president of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. The election took place against the backdrop of the American Revolutionary War, in which Hancock briefly participated as a major general of the Massachusetts militia.

Massachusetts, United States

Action of 4 September 1782

The action of 4 September 1782 was a single-ship action fought off the Île de Batz between the French Navy frigate Hébé and Royal Navy frigate HMS Rainbow. It was the first military engagement to see the proper use of British carronade design, which proved so effective that Hébé promptly struck her colours right after the first broadside from Rainbow.

Battle of Rovereto

In the Battle of Rovereto (also Battle of Roveredo) on 4 September 1796 a French army commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte defeated an Austrian corps led by Paul Davidovich during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. The battle was fought near the town of Rovereto, in the upper Adige River valley in northern Italy. The action was fought during the second relief of the Siege of Mantua. The Austrians left Davidovich's corps in the upper Adige valley while transferring two divisions to Bassano del Grappa by marching east, then south down the Brenta River valley.

Rovereto, Italy

Coup of 18 Fructidor

The Coup of 18 Fructidor, Year V, was a seizure of power by members of the French Directory on 4 September 1797 when their opponents, the Royalists, were gaining strength. Howard G. Brown, Professor of History at Binghamton University, stresses the turn toward dictatorship and the failure of liberal democracy under the Directory, blaming it on "chronic violence, ambivalent forms of justice, and repeated recourse to heavy-handed repression."

Paris, France

Siege of Aligarh

The siege of Aligarh also known as the Battle of Aligarh was fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company during the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) at Aligarh, India. Aligarh Fort, one of the strongest forts in India, was fortified and commanded by a French mercenary officer Pierre Perron. It was laid under siege on 1 September 1803, by the British 76th Regiment, now known as the Yorkshire Regiment, under General Lord Gerard Lake.

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India

Native American forces attack Fort Harrison in Indiana Territory

Late on September 4, 1812, Native American warriors attacked Fort Harrison on the Wabash River in what is now Indiana. U.S. Captain Zachary Taylor commanded the fort's defenders, who fought off the attack despite a blockhouse catching fire. The assault was part of the War of 1812.

The attack began late on September 4, 1812; the fort stood near present-day Terre Haute, Indiana.

United States

Michigan Territory voters choose legislative council nominees

On September 4, 1823, voters in Michigan Territory chose 18 candidates for its new territorial legislative council. Under an act of Congress passed that March, the U.S. president would appoint nine council members from those 18 nominees, with Senate consent. The election was held alongside the territory's vote for its delegate to Congress.

The territorial election was held September 4, 1823; the nine council members were selected later from the voters' list of 18.

United States

Great Fire of Turku

The Great Fire of Turku (Finnish: Turun palo; Swedish: Åbo brand; Russian: Пожар Або, romanized: Pozhar Abo) was a conflagration in the city of Turku in 1827. It is still the largest urban fire in the history of Finland and the Nordic countries. The city had faced several large fires before, including an especially devastating one in 1681.

The Great Fire of Turku almost completely destroys Finland's former capital city.

1838 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1838 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 4, 1838. Incumbent Whig Governor Silas H. Jennison defeated Democratic nominee William Czar Bradley with 56.26% of the vote.

Vermont, United States

Battle of Kowloon

The Battle of Kowloon was a skirmish between British and Chinese vessels off the Kowloon Peninsula, China, on 4 September 1839. Located in present-day Hong Kong, Kowloon was then part of the Guangdong province. The skirmish was the first armed conflict of the First Opium War and occurred when British boats opened fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community. The embargo was ordered after a local Chinese man died in a drunken brawl with British sailors. The Chinese authorities did not consider the punishment meted out by British officials to be sufficient and as a result, suspended food supplies in an attempt to force the handover of the culprit.

People's Republic of China

First Opium War

The First Opium War (Chinese: 第一次鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and Qing China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of their ban on the opium trade by seizing private opium stocks from mainly British merchants at Guangzhou (then named Canton) and threatening to impose the death penalty for future offenders.

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People's Republic of China

1849 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1849 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 4, 1849, to elect the governor of Vermont. As no candidate received a majority of the votes cast, the Vermont General Assembly re-elected Whig Carlos Coolidge with 149 votes to 90 for Horatio Needham and 8 for Jonas Clark.

Vermont, United States

1855 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1855 Vermont gubernatorial election for governor of Vermont was held on September 4. With the Whig Party defunct after 1854, incumbent Stephen Royce, who had run with the support of both Whigs and the new Republican Party in 1854, ran as the nominee of the Republicans. The Democratic candidate was Merritt Clark, who had run unsuccessfully against Royce in 1854. James M.

United States

1860 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1860 Vermont gubernatorial election for governor of Vermont was held on Tuesday, September 4. In keeping with the "Mountain Rule", incumbent Republican Hiland Hall was not a candidate for a third one-year term. The Republican nominee was former Governor Erastus Fairbanks. With the Democratic Party fracturing nationally over the slavery issue, John Godfrey Saxe, the Democratic nominee against Hall in 1859, ran as a supporter of Stephen A.

United States

1861 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1861 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on September 4, 1861, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of California. Republican nominee John F. Chellis defeated Union Democratic nominee and incumbent President pro tempore of the California State Senate Richard Irwin and Southern Democratic nominee Jasper O'Farrell.

California, United States

1861 California gubernatorial election

The 1861 California gubernatorial election took place on September 4, 1861. Incumbent Governor John G. Downey was not a candidate for renomination, as his Democratic Party had violently ruptured over the issue of slavery and secession. Downey was a Lecompton Democrat, those who favored slavery in the Kansas Territory and who were running as now as the Breckenridge or "Chivalry" Democrats.

Attack on Forest City

The Attack on Forest City was a skirmish of the Dakota War of 1862. After fighting an engagement at Acton, Chief Little Crow attacked the stockaded town of Forest City on September 4, 1862. The attack resulted in sporadic shootouts, the burning of several buildings, and the theft of horses found around the town, but the defenders repelled any attempt to damage the fort.

Minnesota, United States

Attack on Hutchinson

The Attack on Hutchinson occurred on September 4, 1862, during the Dakota War of 1862 as a part of Chief Little Crow's incursion into the Big Woods area of Minnesota. On September 3, Little Crow encountered Captain Strout's Company B, 10th Minnesota Infantry Regiment near Acton and chased it to the stockade of the town of Hutchinson.

Maryland campaign

The Maryland campaign (or Antietam campaign) occurred September 4–20, 1862, during the American Civil War. The campaign was Confederate General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the Union. It was repulsed by the Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, who moved to intercept Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia and eventually attacked it near Sharpsburg, Maryland.

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United States

1866 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1866 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 4, 1866. In keeping with the "Mountain Rule", Incumbent Republican Paul Dillingham was a candidate for a second one-year term as governor of Vermont. With the election taking place soon after the American Civil War, Dillingham ran as a pro-Union Republican. The Democratic nomination was won by Charles N.

Vermont, United States

1867 California lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1867 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on September 4, 1867, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of California. Democratic nominee and former member of the California State Assembly William Holden defeated National Union nominee and former member of the California State Senate John P. Jones.

California, United States

1867 California gubernatorial election

The 1867 California gubernatorial election was held on September 4, 1867, to elect the governor of California. The election pitted Democrat Henry Haight Against National Unionist George Gorham. Congressman John Bidwell had also sought the National Union nomination, but lost due to his anti-monopoly stance. Haight Defeated Gorham by slightly over ten points. Republicans opposed to Gorham, who had support from pre-war Unionist Democrats, ran an alternate Republican ticket headed by Caleb T.

1876 Arkansas gubernatorial election

The 1876 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on September 4, 1876, in order to elect the Governor of Arkansas. Democratic nominee and incumbent Arkansas State Auditor William Read Miller defeated Republican nominee Albert Webb Bishop.

Arkansas, United States

1881 French legislative election

Legislative elections were held in France on 21 August and 4 September 1881. The elections marked the collapse of the right compared to the 1877 elections. It was a great success for the followers of Léon Gambetta, whom President Jules Grévy appointed premier two months after the election. His government only lasted 73 days, however, before falling over the issue of electoral reform.

France

1882 Arkansas gubernatorial election

The 1882 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on September 4, 1882, in order to elect the Governor of Arkansas. Democratic nominee and former member and Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives James H. Berry defeated Republican nominee W. D. Slack and Greenback nominee and former representative from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress from the 2nd District Rufus King Garland Jr..

Arkansas, United States

Vermont gubernatorial election, 1888

The Vermont gubernatorial election of 1888 took place on September 4, 1888. Incumbent Republican Ebenezer J. Ormsbee, per the "Mountain Rule", did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate William P. Dillingham defeated Democratic candidate Stephen C. Shurtleff to succeed him.

Vermont, United States

Vermont gubernatorial election, 1894

The Vermont gubernatorial election of 1894 took place on September 4, 1894. Incumbent Republican Levi K. Fuller, per the "Mountain Rule", did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate Urban A. Woodbury defeated Democratic candidate George W. Smith to succeed him.

Vermont, United States

Vermont gubernatorial election, 1900

The Vermont gubernatorial election of 1900 took place on September 4, 1900. Incumbent Republican Edward C. Smith, per the "Mountain Rule", did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate William W. Stickney defeated Democratic candidate John H. Senter to succeed him.

Vermont, United States

Vermont gubernatorial election, 1906

The Vermont gubernatorial election of 1906 took place on September 4, 1906. Incumbent Republican Charles J. Bell, per the "Mountain Rule", did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate Fletcher D. Proctor defeated Independent/Democratic candidate Percival W. Clement to succeed him.

Vermont, United States

Albanian revolt of 1912

The Albanian revolt of 1912 (Albanian: Kryengritja e vitit 1912, "Uprising of 1912") was the last revolt against the Ottoman Empire's rule in Albania and lasted from January until August 1912. The revolt ended when the Ottoman government agreed to fulfill the rebels' demands on 4 September 1912. Generally, Muslim Albanians fought against the Ottomans then governed by the Committee of Union and Progress.

Albania

Orsova Offensive

The Orsova Offensive was a military engagement fought between the armies of Romania and Austria-Hungary at the start of the Romanian Campaign in August–September 1916. It ended in a Romanian victory which led to the Romanian occupation of the west bank of the Cserna (Cerna) River for over two months.

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Romania

1918 Chinese presidential election

The 1918 Chinese presidential election were the elections held on 4 September 1918 in Beijing for the second term of the President of China. Xu Shichang was elected by two houses of the National Assembly which were controlled by the Anfu Club formed in the National Assembly election in the same year. Feng Guozhang's term as president expired on 10 October 1918.

People's Republic of China

Tal Afar uprising

Tal Afar uprising or Kaçakaç Rebellion was a rebellion during the Anglo-Turkish War of 1918–1923, which resulted in a British victory.

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1920 Swedish general election

General elections were held in Sweden between 4 and 17 September 1920, the last before universal suffrage was introduced the following year. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 75 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren of the Riksdag. Later in October 1920 Hjalmar Branting was succeeded as prime minister by Baron Louis De Geer.

Sweden

1927 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1927 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 40th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1927 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1927, between Cork and Dublin. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 4–8 to 1–3.

Ireland

1927 Zagreb local elections

The 1927 local elections in Zagreb were held on 4 September, 7 days before the parliamentary elections. The Croatian Bloc coalition won a majority in the City Assembly and reelected Vjekoslav Heinzel as mayor.

1932 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1932 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 45th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1932 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1932, between Kilkenny and Clare. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 3–3 to 2–3.

Ireland

1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 51st All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1938, between Waterford and Dublin. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 2–5 to 1–6.

Ireland

Battle of the Border

The Battle of the Border (Polish: Bitwa graniczna) refers to the battles that occurred in the first days of the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. The series of battles ended in a German victory, as Polish forces were either destroyed or forced to retreat.

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Poland · Germany

Battle of Grudziądz

Battle of Grudziądz was a military engagement between German and Polish forces during the early days of the Invasion of Poland in September 1939. It started on 1 September and ended with a German victory on 4 September. German historiography has dealt with the fighting in the larger context of the Battle of Tuchola Forest. The Polish border city of Grudziądz (Germ.

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Poland

Defense of Katowice

The Defense of Katowice (Polish: Obrona Katowic) was carried out by small groups of irregular Polish militia on 3–4 September 1939 during the German invasion of Poland. German troops secured the city by the end of 4 September.

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Poland

Defence of the Reich

The Defence of the Reich (German: Reichsverteidigung) was the strategic defensive aerial campaign fought by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany over German-occupied Europe and Germany during World War II against the Allied strategic bombing campaign. Its aim was to prevent the destruction of German civilians, military and civil industries by the Western Allies.

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Romanian and Hungarian troops clash at Diosig

On September 4, 1940, Romanian border guards and Hungarian troops exchanged fire at Diosig, a border village in what is now Romania. The clash came after Hungary had been awarded northern Transylvania, but before its scheduled takeover began on September 5. Accounts from the two sides differ on the confrontation and casualties.

The armed clash at Diosig took place September 4, 1940, one day before the scheduled start of the Hungarian takeover.

Romania

Bombing of Vienna in World War II

The city of Vienna in Austria was bombed 52 times during World War II, and 37,000 residences of the city were lost, 20% of the city's housing stock. Only 41 civilian vehicles survived the raids, and more than 3,000 bomb craters were counted.

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Austria

Operation Blacklist Forty

Operation Blacklist Forty was the codename for the United States occupation of Korea between 1945 and 1948. Following the end of World War II, US forces landed within the present-day South Korea to accept the surrender of the Japanese, and help create an independent and unified Korean government with the help of the Soviet Union, which occupied the present-day North Korea.

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Chilean presidential election, 1946

Presidential elections were held in Chile on September 4, 1946. The result was a victory for Gabriel González Videla of the Radical Party, who received 40% of the public vote and 75% of the Congressional vote.

Chile

9th Venice International Film Festival

The 9th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 19 August to 4 September 1948. Italian filmmaker Luigi Chiarini was the Jury President for the International Competition. The Grand International Prize of Venice was awarded to Hamlet by Laurence Olivier.

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Italy

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons

Wilhelmina (Dutch pronunciation: [ʋɪlɦɛlˈminaː] ; Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, making her the longest-reigning monarch in Dutch history, as well as the longest-reigning female monarch outside of the United Kingdom. Her reign encompassed World War I, the Dutch economic crisis of 1933, and World War II.

Juliana becomes queen of the Netherlands after Wilhelmina abdicates

On September 4, 1948, Queen Wilhelmina abdicated and her daughter Juliana succeeded her as queen of the Netherlands. Juliana had already served as regent while Wilhelmina temporarily stepped aside earlier that year. Juliana's formal inauguration took place two days later, on September 6.

Juliana became queen on September 4, 1948; her formal inauguration was on September 6.

Netherlands

1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 62nd All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1949, between Tipperary and Laois. The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 3-11 to 0-3.

Ireland

Chilean presidential election, 1952

Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 September 1952. The result was a victory for Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, who ran as an independent.

Chile

14th Venice International Film Festival

The 14th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 20 August to 4 September 1953. The Golden Lion of Saint Mark was not awarded this year. The jury, having examined the films in competition and noting the considerable average high level of the motion pictures presented, found that no work prevailed in terms of absolute value.

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Italy

1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 68th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1955, between Wexford and Galway. The Connacht men lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 3–13 to 2–8.

Ireland

Chilean presidential election, 1958

Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 September 1958. The result was a victory for Jorge Alessandri, who ran as an independent.

Chile

Malagasy parliamentary election, 1960

Parliamentary elections were held in Madagascar on 4 September 1960. They were won by the Social Democratic Party, which claimed 75 of the 107 seats in the National Assembly.

Madagascar

1960 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1960 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 73rd All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1960 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1960, between Wexford and Tipperary. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 2–15 to 0–11.

Ireland

Swissair Flight 306

Swissair Flight 306, a Sud Aviation Caravelle named Schaffhausen, was a scheduled international flight from Zurich to Rome, via Geneva. It crashed near Dürrenäsch, Aargau, on 4 September 1963, shortly after take-off, killing all 80 people on board.

Switzerland

Chilean presidential election, 1964

Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 September 1964. The result was a victory for Eduardo Frei Montalva of the Christian Democratic Party, who received 56% of the vote.

Chile

Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens

The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The bridge opened in 1964 and, at the time, was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States. The bridge connects Edinburgh to Fife; replacing a centuries-old ferry service to carry vehicular traffic, cyclists and pedestrians across the Forth. Railway crossings are made by the nearby Forth Bridge, opened in 1890.

1966 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1966 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 79th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1966 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1966, between Cork and Kilkenny. The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 3–9 to 1-10.

Ireland

Operation Swift

Operation Swift was a military operation in the Vietnam War, launched by units of the U.S. 1st Marine Division to rescue two Marine companies which had been ambushed by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). The operation took place in the Quế Sơn Valley, beginning on 4 September 1967. In the ensuing battles, 127 Marines and an estimated 600 PAVN were killed.

1968 Republic of the Congo coup d'état

On September 4, 1968, following several days of violent clashes, Alphonse Massamba-Débat's government was overthrown by the military who forced Massamba-Débat to resign. Alfred Raoul then became the acting head of state until January 1969 when Marien Ngouabi, the chairman of the same party that had brought Massamba-Débat to power, assumed control.

Republic of the Congo

Chilean presidential election, 1970

Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 September 1970. Salvador Allende of the Popular Unity alliance won a narrow plurality in the public vote, before having his victory confirmed by a Congressional vote after the Christian Democrats voting in favour of his candidacy. Eduardo Frei Montalva and his Christian Democratic Party would later unite with Allende's opponents to form a congressional majority in an attempt to declare his presidency illegal in August 1973, catalyzing the Chilean coup of 1973 a few weeks later.

Chile

Alaska Airlines Flight 1866

Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Alaska Airlines from Anchorage, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, with several intermediate stops in southeast Alaska. The aircraft was a Boeing 727-100 with U.S. registry N2969G manufactured in 1966. On September 4, 1971, the aircraft operating the flight crashed into a mountain in Haines Borough, about 18 miles west of Juneau, Alaska, while on approach for landing.

Alaska, United States

Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) are a series of international multi-sport events. Considered among the biggest sporting events in the world, the Olympics are organised into distinct Summer and Winter Games, each featuring different sports. The Olympic Games, open to both amateur and professional athletes, involve thousands of athletes and more than 200 teams, each team representing a sovereign state or territory.

Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.

The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. It currently is the longest running game show on American television

The Price Is Right is an American television game show. A 1972 revival by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman of their 1956–1965 show of the same name, the new version adds many distinctive gameplay elements. Contestants compete in a variety of games to determine the prices of products or prizes which they may win.

Sinai Interim Agreement

The Sinai Interim Agreement, also known as the Sinai II Agreement, was a diplomatic agreement signed by Egypt and Israel on September 4, 1975, with the intention of peacefully resolving territorial disputes. The signing ceremony took place in Geneva. The agreement stated that the conflicts between the countries "shall not be resolved by military force but by peaceful means."

Golden Dragon massacre

The Golden Dragon massacre (traditional Chinese: 金龍酒樓大屠殺; simplified Chinese: 金龙酒楼大屠杀; pinyin: Jīnlóngdàtúshā; Jyutping: Gam1lung4daai6tou4saat3) was a gang-related shooting attack that took place on September 4, 1977 inside the Golden Dragon Restaurant, located at 816 Washington Street in Chinatown, San Francisco, California. The five perpetrators, members of the Joe Boys, a Chinese youth gang, were attempting to kill members of the Wah Ching, a rival Chinatown gang. The attack left five people dead and 11 others injured, none of whom was a gang member. The perpetrators were later convicted and sentenced in connection with the murders.

California, United States

Adelaide City FC 10–3 Mooroolbark SC

The 1977 National Soccer League match between Adelaide City and Mooroolbark at Olympic Sports Field, Adelaide, took place on Sunday, 4 September 1977. Adelaide won the match 10–3 for the highest-scoring match in the history of Australian top-flight soccer.

Australia

1979 Tampa mayoral election

The 1979 Tampa mayoral election was held on September 4, 1979. Incumbent Mayor Bill Poe declined to seek re-election. County Commissioner Bob Bondi; Bob Martinez, a 1974 candidate for mayor; and City Councilmember Charles Miranda announced that they would run to succeed Poe. Martinez ended up winning the election by a wide margin, receiving 58 percent of the vote to Bondi's 27 percent and Miranda's 7 percent, avoiding the need for a runoff election.

Florida, United States

1980 Toronto International Film Festival

The 5th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 4 and September 13, 1980. That year the festival hold a retrospective in honor of Jean-Luc Godard, who himself attended the retrospective which was organized by festival programmer Peter Harcourt. A large crowd gathered outside University theatre to catch a glimpse of Bette Midler at the premiere of her film Divine Madness.

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Canada

Bhamdoun abduction operation

The Bhamdoun abduction operation was a military operation carried out by Fatah, the main constituent organization of the PLO. During the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, a Palestinian four-man squad infiltrated the IDF-held mountainous area north of Bhamdoun, in central Lebanon, and attacked an IDF observation point, capturing the entire 8-men IDF unit without firing a single bullet. The Palestinian squad took eight Israeli soldiers as prisoners.

1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 96th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1983, between Kilkenny and Cork. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents for a second consecutive year on a score line of 2–14 to 2–12.

Ireland

1984 Canadian federal election

The 1984 Canadian federal election was held on September 4, 1984, to elect members to the House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada, following the dissolution of the House on July 9. The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Brian Mulroney, won a landslide victory, defeating the incumbent governing Liberal Party led by Prime Minister John Turner.

Canada

1984 Orlando mayoral election

The 1984 Orlando mayoral election took place on September 4, 1984. Incumbent Mayor Bill Frederick ran for re-election to a second term. He faced two little-known opponents in the election: city planner Dale Smith, who had unsuccessfully run against Frederick in 1980, and financial planner Tim Adams.

Florida, United States

1986 Toronto International Film Festival

The 11th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 4 and September 13, 1986. The Decline of the American Empire by Denys Arcand was selected as the opening film. It won both the People's Choice and Best Canadian Film awards at the festival. It was the first film ever to win both prizes, and the first Canadian film ever to win People's Choice.

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Canada

King of the Ring (1987)

The 1987 King of the Ring was the third annual King of the Ring professional wrestling tournament produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The tournament was held on September 4, 1987 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island as a special non-televised house show. The 1987 tournament was won by Randy Savage. In addition to the tournament, there was one other match during the night.

Rhode Island, United States

1988 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1988 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 101st All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1988 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1988, between Galway and Tipperary. The Munster champions lost to the Connacht men on a score line of 1-15 to 0-14.

Ireland

Belizean general election, 1989

General elections were held in Belize on 4 September 1989. The result was a narrow victory for the People's United Party, which won 15 of the 28 seats. Voter turnout was 72.6%.

Belize

1990 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election

The 1990 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election was held on 4 September to determine the leadership of the New Zealand Labour Party. The leadership was won by Christchurch North MP Mike Moore.

1994 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1994 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 107th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1994 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1994, between Limerick and Offaly. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 3-16 to 2-13.

Ireland

WCW Monday Nitro debut episode

The first episode of the weekly professional wrestling television series WCW Monday Nitro premiered on September 4, 1995. The show aired live on TNT and emanated from inside the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Minnesota, United States

1997 Toronto International Film Festival

The 22nd Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 4 to September 13, 1997. This festival was notable for the introduction of the Masters programme to TIFF.

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Canada

Google Inc. is incorporated

On September 4, 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated Google Inc. The Stanford graduate students had already built a search engine together. Google itself says the exact date of its founding is debatable and celebrates its birthday on September 27, but confirms September 4 as the incorporation date.

Google Inc. was incorporated on September 4, 1998; the company's celebrated birthday is September 27.

United States

2001 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

The 2001 Israeli Labor Party leadership election was held by the Israeli Labor Party on 4 September 2001 to elect the leader of the party. In the initial count of the vote, Speaker of the Knesset Avraham Burg defeated Minister of Defense Binyamin Ben-Eliezer. Following alleged irregularities, the election was partially voided, with several precincts voting for a second time on 26 December.

Israel

Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan

Tokyo DisneySea (東京ディズニーシー, Tōkyō DizunīShī) is a theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, just next to Tokyo. It opened on 4 September 2001, at a cost of 335 billion yen. The Oriental Land Company owns the park and licenses intellectual property from the Walt Disney Company.

2003 Toronto International Film Festival

The 28th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 4 to September 13, 2003. A total of 336 films (252 feature length and 84 short films) from 55 countries were screened during the festival. Of the feature films, 73% were world, international, or North American premieres.

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Canada

Battle of Los Angeles (2005)

Battle of Los Angeles (2005) was the first Battle of Los Angeles professional wrestling tournament produced by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). It was a two-night event which took place on September 3 and September 4, 2005 at the Hollywood-Los Feliz Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles, California. It was a sixteen-man tournament which concluded with Chris Bosh defeating AJ Styles in the tournament final to win the inaugural tournament.

California, United States

German police arrest three suspects in a planned bombing campaign

On September 4, 2007, German police arrested three men in the Sauerland region on suspicion of preparing large bomb attacks. Investigators linked the group to the Islamic Jihad Union and considered Frankfurt Airport and the U.S. air base at Ramstein among possible targets. The alleged plans were uncovered before any attack took place.

The three arrests took place September 4, 2007; details of the suspected targets were made public afterward.

Germany

2008 Toronto International Film Festival

The 2008 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This 33rd annual festival was from September 4 to September 13, 2008. The opening night gala was the World War I romantic epic Passchendaele from Canadian director Paul Gross.

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Canada

Battle of Sabzak

The Battle of Sabzak was an engagement between Spanish and Italian forces of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Taliban insurgents supported by militant Tajik tribals. The action took place from 3 to 4 September 2009 on Sabzak pass, in the province of Badghis, during the War in Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan

Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Canterbury, New Zealand

At 4:35 a.m. local time on September 4, 2010, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck near Darfield in New Zealand's Canterbury region. It damaged buildings and infrastructure in Christchurch and nearby areas and was followed by many aftershocks. The earthquake became known as the Darfield or Canterbury earthquake.

The earthquake occurred September 4 in New Zealand local time, corresponding to September 3 at 16:35 UTC.

New Zealand

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2011

The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was conducted on 4 September 2011, to elect members to the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania). The State Landtag was controlled by a grand coalition of the Social Democratic Party and the Christian Democratic Union prior to the election. Fifty-two percent of the 1.4 million eligible voters turned-out which is a decrease of 7 percent. The state election for the electoral district of Rügen is delayed until 18 September due to the death of the Christian Democrat candidate. The SPD was the clear winner of election with 35.7 percent of the votes.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final took place in Croke Park, Dublin on Sunday, 4 September 2011. The final was contested by Kilkenny and defending champions, Tipperary. Kilkenny were playing in their sixth consecutive final, while the pairing of Kilkenny and Tipperary was the first ever time that the same two teams have played in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final for three consecutive seasons.

Dublin, Ireland

2012 Quebec general election

The 2012 Quebec general election took place in the Canadian province of Quebec on September 4, 2012. Lieutenant Governor Pierre Duchesne dissolved the National Assembly on August 1, 2012, following Premier Jean Charest's request. The Parti Québécois were elected to a minority government, with Pauline Marois becoming the first woman to be Premier of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party took second place, with Premier Jean Charest losing his seat.

UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Bader

UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Bader (also known as UFC Fight Night 28) was a mixed martial arts that was held on September 4, 2013, at Mineirinho Arena in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Brazil

42nd Telluride Film Festival

The 42nd Telluride Film Festival took place on September 4–7, 2015, in Telluride, Colorado, United States. Writer Rachel Kushner was appointed as the year's guest director. Telluride honored Rooney Mara, Danny Boyle, and Adam Curtis as the awardees of the Silver Medallion. Participant Media received the Special Medallion award. The festival line-up was announced on September 3, 2015.

Colorado, United States

2015 Marib attack

On 4 September 2015, the Houthis launched an OTR-21 Tochka ballistic missile against a military base in Safer, an area in Marib Governorate. The base was being used by military forces of the Saudi-led coalition. The missile hit an ammunition dump, creating a huge explosion which inflicted numerous casualties among coalition troops. 52 Emirati, ten Saudi, five Bahraini soldiers and 36 pro-Hadi Yemeni troops were killed in the attack.

2015 Deauville American Film Festival

The 41st Deauville American Film Festival took place at Deauville, France from September 4 to 13, 2015. Baltasar Kormákur's biographical disaster film Everest served as the opening night film. Sicario by Denis Villeneuve was the closing night film of the festival. The Grand Prix was awarded to 99 Homes by Ramin Bahrani. Complete lineup for the festival was announced on August 24, 2015.

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France

IWRG Máscara vs. Máscara (September 2016)

The IWRG Máscara vs. Máscara (September 2016) (Spanish for "Mask versus Mask") was a major professional wrestling event that was scripted and produced by the lucha libre wrestling company International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; sometimes also referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish) that took place on September 4, 2016, in IWRG's home arena Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The main event and highlights from several of the matches on the show were broadcast the following day on AYM Sports in Mexico and matches from the show were later posted online by the Lucha+ TV show.

Naucalpan, Mexico · State of Mexico, Mexico

Hong Kong legislative election, 2016

The 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held on 4 September 2016 for the 6th Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo). A total of 70 members, 35 from geographical constituencies (GCs) and 35 from functional constituencies (FCs), were returned. The election came after the rejection of the 2016/2017 constitutional reform proposals which suggested the electoral method for the 2016 Legislative Council remains unchanged.

Hong Kong

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2016

The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Elections, 2016 were held on September 4, 2016 to elect members to the 7th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. All 71 seats in the Landtag were contested and around 1.3 million voters were eligible to cast ballots. Postal voting began in August ahead of the September 4 polling day. State elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern use the Hare-Niemeyer method of proportional representation to allocate seats in the Landtag.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Battle of Los Angeles (2016)

Battle of Los Angeles (2016) was the twelfth Battle of Los Angeles professional wrestling tournament produced by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). It was a three-night event which took place on September 2, September 3 and September 4, 2016, at the American Legion Post #308 in Reseda, Los Angeles, California. The twenty-four man tournament concluded with a three-way elimination match in the final, in which Marty Scurll defeated Trevor Lee and Will Ospreay.

California, United States

2016 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon West

These are the Kowloon West results of the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election. The election was held on 4 September 2016 and all 6 seats in Kowloon West where consisted of Yau Tsim Mong District, Sham Shui Po District and Kowloon City District were contested, one extra than the previous election due to the increase of the population.

Hong Kong

2016 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories East

These are the New Territories East results of the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election. The election was held on 4 September 2016 and all 9 seats in New Territories East where consisted of North District, Tai Po District, Sai Kung District and Sha Tin District were contested. The anti-establishment camp secured 6 of the 9 seats with Leung Kwok-hung narrowly defeated independent Christine Fong for the last seat by 1,051 votes.

Hong Kong

2016 Hong Kong legislative election in District Council (Second)

These are the District Council (Second) functional constituency results of the 2016 Legislative Council election. The election was held on 4 September 2016 and all 5 seats in were contested. The pan-democracy camp failed to achieve coordination and fielded six candidate lists while the pro-Beijing camp fielded only three seats, two for Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and one for the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU).

Hong Kong

2016 Hong Kong legislative election in New Territories West

These are the New Territories West results of the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election. The election was held on 4 September 2016 and all 9 seats in New Territories West, which consists of Tsuen Wan District, Tuen Mun District, Yuen Long District, Kwai Tsing District and Islands District, were contested. Veteran social activist Eddie Chu received the highest votes of 84,121, 14 per cent of the vote share, in all geographical constituencies.

Hong Kong

The Downs Festival

The Downs Festival is a (usually) two day arts festival which takes place annually on the Downs in Bristol, England. The first event was held on September 4, 2016 with the headliner being the Bristol-based trip-hop band Massive Attack. Over the years, it has hosted the likes of Elbow, Groove Armada, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and IDLES.

England, United Kingdom

2016 Hong Kong legislative election in Hong Kong Island

These are the Hong Kong Island results of the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election. The election was held on 4 September 2016 and all 6 seats in Hong Kong Island were contested, one lesser than 2012. The pro-Beijing camp and the anti-establishment camp split evenly by winning three seats each, with 23-year-old post-Occupy student leader Nathan Law of Demosisto became the youngest ever elected candidate.

Hong Kong

2016 Hong Kong legislative election in Kowloon East

These are the Kowloon East results of the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election. The election was held on 4 September 2016 and all 5 seats in Kowloon East where consisted of Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District were contested. The Pro-Beijing camp retained the majority of the Kowloon East seats.

Hong Kong

2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 129th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. It was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 4 September 2016. This was the 18th All-Ireland season that ended with a Kilkenny–Tipperary final. Of the previous 17, Tipperary won 10 and Kilkenny 7.

Dublin, Ireland

44th Telluride Film Festival

The 44th Telluride Film Festival was held on September 1–4, 2017, in Telluride, Colorado, United States. Director Joshua Oppenheimer was appointed as the guest director of the event. Telluride honored Edward Lachman and Christian Bale as the Silver Medallion winners. The Special Medallion was awarded to Katriel Schory of Israeli Film Fund.

This entry records the closing, as dated in the source infobox.

United States

2018 Pakistani presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Pakistan on 4 September 2018. The elections saw Arif Alvi of PTI being elected as the 13th president of Pakistan after defeating Fazal-ur-Rehman of MMA and Aitzaz Ahsan of PPP. Although incumbent president Mamnoon Hussain, whose term was to expire on 9 September 2018, was eligible for re-election, he declined to take part.

Pakistan

2018 Democratic Party for the People leadership election

The 2018 Democratic Party For the People leadership election was held on 4 September 2018 in accordance with the end of the presidential term which had commenced in May. It was the first leadership election since the formation of the party from the merger of the Democratic Party and Kibō no Tō earlier in the year. The race was held to choose a successor to interim leaders Yuichiro Tamaki and Kohei Otsuka.

2020 Deauville American Film Festival

The 2020 Deauville American Film Festival was the 46th edition of the Deauville American Film Festival, held at Deauville, France from September 4 to 13, 2020. The festival was held in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis was appointed as the president of the jury. The festival paid tribute to Kirk Douglas. The Grand Special Prize was awarded to The Nest directed by Sean Durkin.

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France

Former pope Benedict XVI surpasses Leo XIII's verified age

On September 4, 2020, former pope Benedict XVI reached 93 years and 141 days of age, one day older than Leo XIII was when he died in 1903. This made Benedict the longest-lived person to have served as pope whose birth date can be verified. Benedict had resigned in 2013, so the record was for lifespan, not for age while reigning.

Benedict, born April 16, 1927, reached 93 years and 141 days on September 4, 2020; Leo XIII died aged 93 years and 140 days.

Vatican City

UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till

UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till (also known as UFC Fight Night 191 and UFC on ESPN+ 49 and UFC Vegas 36) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 4, 2021, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.

Nevada, United States

Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan took place at the Ariake Tennis Park from 27 August to 4 September 2021. The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Patrick Selepe became the first disabled umpire to officiate in a wheelchair Paralympic event.

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2022 Split district elections

Elections were held in Split, Croatia, on 4 September 2022 for the councils of 27 city districts and seven local committees of Split.

Croatia

Worlds Collide (2022)

The 2022 Worlds Collide was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was the third Worlds Collide and while the event was held primarily for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT and NXT UK brand divisions, Worlds Collide also featured some wrestlers from WWE's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. The event took place on September 4, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and aired via WWE's livestreaming platforms.

Florida, United States

Battle of Koumbri

On September 4, 2023, clashes broke out between jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin and Burkinabe soldiers backed by pro-government VDP militiamen in the village of Koumbri, Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso. The battle left over fifty Burkinabe soldiers and militiamen dead and an unknown number of jihadists killed.

Burkina Faso

2024 Apalachee High School shooting

On September 4, 2024, a school shooting occurred at Apalachee High School near Winder, Georgia, United States. The perpetrator, 14-year-old Colt Gray, fatally shot four people. Two students and two teachers were killed, while seven others were injured by gunfire. Colt was motivated by a desire for notoriety and his obsession with Nikolas Cruz, the perpetrator of the Parkland high school shooting.

United States