^B{^#!16!11 September^N! Feast day of St Theodora of Alexandria, St Peter of Chavanon, Saints Protus and Hyacinth, St Deiniol, St Patiens of Lyon, and St Paphnutius.
^B{1709^B} The Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Austria defeated the French, under Marshal Villars, at the Battle of Malplaquet. ^B{1777^B} American troops led by George Washington were defeated by the British at the Battle of Brandywine Creek, in the Revolutionary War. ^B{1841^B} In Britain, the London to Brighton commuter express train began regular service, taking just 105 minutes. ^B{1855^B} In the Crimean War, Sebastopol was taken by the Allies after capitulation by the Russians. ^B{1922^B} A British mandate was declared in Palestine. ^B{1951^B} Stravinsky's ^I{The Rake's Progress^I} was performed for the first time, in Venice; the libretto was by W H Auden. ^B{1973^B} A military junta, with US support, overthrew the elected government of Chile. ^B{1978^B} Georgi Markov, a Bulgarian defector, was fatally stabbed by a poisoned umbrella point wielded by a Bulgarian secret agent in London, UK.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Pierre de Ronsard, French poet, ^B{1524^B}; James Thomson, Scottish poet, ^B{1700^B}; O Henry, US short story writer, ^B{1862^B}; James Hopwood Jeans, British mathematician and scientist, ^B{1877^B}; D H Lawrence, English writer, ^B{1885^B}; Barry Sheene, British racing motorcyclist, ^B{1950^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French astronomer, ^B{1712^B}; David Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist, ^B{1869^B}; Jan Christian Smuts, South African statesman, ^B{1950^B}; Nikita Khrushchev, Russian leader, ^B{1971^B}; Salvador Allende Gossens, Chilean politician, ^B{1973^B}; Peter Tosh, Jamaican reggae star, ^B{1987^B}.
