Page 2: Historical Events In September - 03
Sunday, 08 February 2026
1731 Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Friesland 

1739 George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46. 

1752 In this year, This day never happened nor the next 10 as England formally adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives 

1752 In this year, This day never happened nor next 10 as England formally adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives. 

1757 Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia. 

1777 Cooch's Bridge 

1778 Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer 

1779 Earl d'orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sails back to Brest. 

1783 The American 'War of Independence' comes to an end, when Britain signs a treaty in Paris. 

1783 Treaty of Paris signed (ending the US Revolutionary War) 

1783 Treaty of Paris signed (ending US Revolutionary War) 

1789 Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer 

1790 Thomas Norris, composer, dies at 49 

1791 French Constitution passed by French National Assembly. 

1798 Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize 

1803 English scientist John Dalton started using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements 

1803 Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer 

1811 John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, are discovered Oneida Community (Perfectionists) 

1811 Ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75 

1825 Armistead Lindsay Long, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 

1826 USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st U.S. warship to circumnavigate globe 

1826 USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe 

1832 Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname. 

1833 NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper) 

1835 William Gaston Lewis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901. 

1838 Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor 

1840 Jacob Fabricius, composer. 

1843 Cornelis PJ Elout, military/pres of West Sumatra, dies at 47 

1849 Calif State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey 

1849 Sarah Orne Jewett, Maine, author (Country of the Pointed Firs). 

1849 Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria writer/physician, dies 

1852 Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm 

1855 Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children. 

1856 Louis Henri Sullivan, Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture. 

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