Page 2: Historical Events In September - 17
Thursday, 09 April 2026
1697 Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen of Savoye beats Turks. 

1702 Olof Rudbeck, composer, dies at 71. 

1711 Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer 

1714 Gottlieb W Rabener, German author (Vom Misbrauch of the Satire). 

1730 Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees 

1730 Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prus/US inspector-gen of Washington's army. 

1732 Josef Antonin Planicky, composer, dies at 40 

1737 Georg-August University opens in Göttingen. 

1743 Jean-Marie Caritat, France, mathematician 

1745 Edinburg occupied by Jacobites under Young Pretenders. 

1748 Robert Wainwright, composer. 

1762 Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer, dies at 74. 

1764 John Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society 

1765 Gregory XVI, [Bartolomeo A Cappellari/Mauro], Italy, Pope. 

1767 Henri-Montan Berton, composer. 

1771 Tobias George Smollett, novelist (Adv of Roderick Random), dies at 50. 

1774 Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages) 

1776 Presidio of SF forms as a Spanish fort. 

1778 1st treaty between the US and Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt) 

1783 Samuel Prout, water-color painter. 

1787 The Constitution of the United States of America is signed 

1787 US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention. 

1787 Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem 

1789 William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn 

1795 Giuseppi Saverio Rafaele Mercadante, composer. 

1796 Pres George Washington delivers his farewell address 

1798 Antonia M B Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat 

1800 Franklin Buchanan, Admiral (Confederate Navy), died in 1874 

1801 Edward William Lane, translator (Thousand and 1 Nights) 

1803 Franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies 

1809 Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War. The territory to become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn. 

1814 Stefano Ronchetti-Molnteviti, composer 

1818 Halfdan Kjeruif, composer (Kjerulf). 

1819 inaugural whaling ship arrives in Hawaii. 

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