歷史上的September 5

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  September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 117 days remaining until the end of the year.

  Events

  917 – Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu.

  1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris.

  1661 – Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.

  1666 – Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings including St Paul's Cathedral are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.

  1697 – War of the Grand Alliance : A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeated an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson's Bay.

  1698 – In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.

  1725 – Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.

  1774 – First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.

  1781 – Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.

  1793 – French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.