Today:
509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome’s Capitoline Hill is dedicated.
1229 – The Aragonese army under James I of Aragon lands at Santa Ponsa, Majorca, beginning the campaign to conquer the island.
1501 – Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.
1759 – The British defeat the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham near Quebec City, during the Seven Years’ War.
1788 – The United States Constitutional Convention adjourns, having completed the United States Constitution.
1814 – The British bombard Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, inspiring Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
1848 – Switzerland becomes a federal state.
1898 – Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film, used in motion pictures.
1922 – The Great Fire of Smyrna, a devastating fire, starts in modern-day İzmir, Turkey.
1993 – The Oslo Accords, aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, are signed at the White House.