What is September 16?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[307]] &ndash; Emperor [[Severus II]] is captured and im[[prison]]ed at Tres Tabernae. * [[1400]] &ndash; [[Owain Glyndŵr]] is declared [[Prince of Wales]]. * [[1620]] &ndash; The [[Mayflower]] sets sail from [[Plymouth, Devon|Plymouth]], [[England]], for America. * [[1701]] &ndash; [[James Francis Edward Stuart]], referred to as the 'Old Pretender', becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of [[Scotland]] and [[England]]. * [[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Battle of Harlem Heights]] is fought. * [[1779]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The French–American [[Siege of Savannah]] begins. * [[1795]] &ndash; The first British occupation of the [[Cape Town|Cape Colony]], [[South Africa]], begins. * [[1810]] &ndash; [[Grito de Dolores]]: [[Miguel Hidalgo]] begins [[Mexico]]'s fight for independence from [[Spain]]. * [[1812]] &ndash; The [[Fire of Moscow]] begins. Three quarters of the [[city]] are destroyed. * [[1859]] &ndash; [[David Livingstone]] reaches Lake [[Malawi]]. * [[1893]] &ndash; Settlers make a land run for prime land in the [[Cherokee Strip]] in [[Oklahoma]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1902]] &ndash; [[Alagoas]] becomes a state of [[Brazil]]. * [[1908]] &ndash; [[General Motors]] is founded. * [[1918]] &ndash; On the British Monitor (a type of [[war]]ship), a munitions [[explosion]] occurs while it is located in [[Dover]] Harbour, killing 77 people. * [[1919]] &ndash; The [[American Legion]] is incorporated * [[1920]] &ndash; [[Wall Street]] bombing: A [[bomb]] in a [[horse]] wagon explodes in front of the [[J. P. Morgan building]] in [[New York City]], killing 38 people and injuring over 400. * [[1925]] &ndash; ''HC [[Rotterdam]]'', the biggest [[field hockey]] team in the [[Netherlands]], is founded. * [[1928]] &ndash; The [[Okeechobee hurricane]] in [[Florida]] kills 2500 people. * [[1939]] &ndash; The [[Japan]]ese–[[Soviet]] border conflict is settled. * [[1941]] &ndash; The [[Shah]] of [[Iran]] is forced to