On This Day: September 5th

Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.

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.

First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.

Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.

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.

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.

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

An army led by Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris.

Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava

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