This Day in History
Today: September 5, 2026
917
Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu.
1367
Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava[1]
1590
Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris.
1622
A hurricane overruns a Spanish fleet bound from Havana to Cadiz and sinks the galleon Atocha. Only five men are rescued, but 260 passengers and 200 million pesos are buried with the Atocha under 50 feet of water.[2]
1661
Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.
1666
Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
1697
War of the Grand Alliance : A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeated an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson's Bay.
1698
In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
1725
Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
1774
First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
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