What is September 19?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1356]] &ndash; In the [[Battle of Poitiers (1356)|Battle of Poitiers]], the English defeat the French, and capture King [[John II of France]]. * [[1676]] &ndash; [[Jamestown, Virginia]] is burned to the ground by forces of [[Nathaniel Bacon]]. * [[1692]] &ndash; [[Giles Corey]] is [[Execution|executed]] in [[Salem, Massachusetts]] after not pleading at the [[Salem Witch Trials]]. * [[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Great Britain|British]] forces win a tactically expensive [[victory]] over the [[Continental Army]] in the [[First Battle of Saratoga]]. * [[1778]] &ndash; The [[Continental Congress]] passes the first [[United States]] [[budget]]. * [[1796]] &ndash; [[George Washington]]'s Farewell address is printed across the [[United States]] in an open [[Letter (message)|letter]] to the public. * [[1799]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[France|French]]–[[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[victory]] against the [[Russia]]ns and British in the [[Battle of Bergen]]. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Iuka]] – [[United States|Union]] troops under [[William Rosecrans]] defeat a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] force under General [[Sterling Price]]. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Chickamauga]] is fought. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Third [[Battle]] of Winchester, [[Virginia]] – Union troops under General [[Philip Sheridan]] defeat a Confederate force commanded by General [[Jubal Early]]. * [[1870]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The [[Siege of Paris]] begins, resulting in [[January]] [[1871]] in the surrender of [[Paris]] and a decisive [[Prussia]]n victory. * [[1870]] &ndash; Having invaded the [[Papal States]] a week earlier, the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Army]] lays [[siege]] to [[Rome]]. * [[1879]] &ndash; The [[Blackpool]] Illuminations are switched on for the first time. * [[1881]] &ndash; [[President of the United States]] [[James Garfield]] dies aged 49, after being shot