What is September 4?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[476]] &ndash; [[Romulus Augustus]], the last [[Roman Emperors|emperor]] of the Western [[Roman Empire]], is deposed when [[Odoacer]] proclaims himself [[King]] of [[Italy]]. * [[626]] &ndash; Li Shimin, known after his death as [[Emperor Taizong of Tang]], assumes the [[throne]] over the Tang Dynasty in [[China]]. * [[1260]] &ndash; The forces of King [[Manfred of Sicily]], in league with the [[Ghibellines]], defeat the [[Guelphs]] at [[Monte Aperto]]. * [[1618]] &ndash; A [[Rock (geology)|rock]] fall in the Val Bregaglia in the north of present–day [[Italy]] kills 2,430 people. * [[1666]] &ndash; The most destructive damage of the [[Great Fire of London]] occurs. * [[1774]] &ndash; Members of [[James Cook]]'s expedition become the first [[Europe]]ans to sight [[New Caledonia]] (presently part of [[France]]) in the [[Pacific Ocean]], and name it after [[Scotland]], for which [[Caledonia]] is another name. * [[1781]] &ndash; [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula (the City of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula) by a group of 44 [[Spain|Spanish]] settlers. * [[1800]] &ndash; The French garrison of [[Valletta]] surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the [[Malta|Maltese]]. The [[island]]s of [[Malta]] and [[Gozo]] become the Malta protectorate. * [[1812]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: The [[Siege]] of Fort Harrison begins when the [[fort]] is set on [[fire]]. * [[1857]] &ndash; [[Ernst Rietschl]]'s [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]]–[[Friedrich Schiller|Schiller]] [[Monument]] in [[Weimar]] is unveiled. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Maryland]] campaign – [[General officer|General]] [[Robert E. Lee]] takes the [[army]] of Northern [[Virginia]], and the war, into the North. * [[1870]] &ndash; Emperor [[Napoleon III of France]] is deposed and the [[Third Republic]] is declared. * [[1882]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] flips the s