What is September 24?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[622]] &ndash; The [[prophet]] [[Muhammad]] completes his Hijra (pilgrimage) from [[Mecca]] to [[Medina]]. * [[1180]] &ndash; [[Manuel I Komnenos]], the last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration, dies. This leads to an irreversible decline of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. * [[1645]] &ndash; [[English Civil War]]: [[Battle]] of Rowton Heath – Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist [[army]] commanded in person by King [[Charles I of England]]. * [[1664]] &ndash; The Dutch [[Republic]] surrenders [[New Amsterdam]] ([[New York (state)|New York]]) to [[England]]. * [[1780]] &ndash; [[Benedict Arnold]] flees to British Army lines when the arrest of British major [[John Andre]] exposes Arnold's plan to surrender West Point. * [[1789]] &ndash; [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Judiciary]] Act which creates the office of [[United States Attorney General]] and the Federal Judiciary System, also ordering the composition of the [[United States Supreme Court]]. * [[1830]] &ndash; Belgian Revolution: A [[revolution]]ary committee of notables from the Provisional [[Government]] of [[Belgium]]. * [[1841]] &ndash; The [[Sultan]] of [[Brunei]] cedes [[Sarawak]] to the [[United Kingdom]]. * [[1846]] &ndash; [[Mexican-American War]]: General [[Zachary Taylor]] captures [[Monterrey]], [[Mexico]]. * [[1852]] &ndash; The first airship powered by a [[steam]] [[engine]], created by [[Henri Giffard]], travels 17 [[mile]]s (27 [[kilometre]]s) from [[Paris]] to Trappes. * [[1853]] &ndash; [[France]] takes control of [[New Caledonia]]. * [[1856]] &ndash; The paddle steamer ''Niagara'' sinks on [[Lake Michigan]], near Port Washington, [[Wisconsin]], killing over 60 people. * [[1869]] &ndash; The Black Friday crisis occurs in the [[United States]], in relation to [[gold]] prices. * [[1877]] &ndash; [[Battle of Shiroyama]]: Decisive victory of the [[Empire|Imperial]] [[Japan]]ese over the [[Satsuma Rebellion]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1906]] &ndash; [[Devils Tower]] in [[Wyoming