At the Battle of Svolder, King Olaf of Norway on board the Long Serpent is defeated by an alliance of the Kings of Denmark and Sweden in one of the greatest naval battles of the Viking Age and leaps to his death overboard, September 1000.

German tanks roll into the Italian city of Milan as the Germans occupy their former ally, 1943.

Germanic leader Arminius attacking and destroying the Roman legions of Varus in September 9 AD at the battle of Teutoburg forest. Arminius' tribe, the Cherusci, and their allies the Marsi, Chatti, Bructeri, Chauci, and Sicambri ambushed and annihilated Varus' entire army totaling over 20,000 men, as it marched along a narrow road through a dense forest. The battle was one of the most devastating defeats Rome suffered in its history. Arminius' success in destroying three entire legions and driving the Romans out of Germany marked a high point of Germanic power for centuries.

A Vietnamese woman by a family ancestral shrine, 1915. Original colour photo.

René Descartes, French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science (1596-1650)

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 On 11 September 1297, an English army arrived in Stirling, Scotland, to put down the Scots resistance to English rule. The Scots, led by Andrew Moray and William Wallace, allowed around half of the English forces to advance across the narrow bridge over the river Forth. Then William Wallace and the Scots swept forward to achieve a sound victory over a superior force.

World Trade Center towers under construction, c. 1971

Women doing farm work while many of the men were away fighting, UK, 1940s

12 September 1683: The Ottoman Turks are defeated at the Battle of Vienna by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the siege of the city is lifted.

American forces capture Chapultepec Castle during the Mexican–American War, allowing US General Winfield Scott to take Mexico City, 12-13 September 1847

Soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance (except Russia) that fought against the Boxer Rebellion in China, 1900, colourized.
Left to right: Britain, United States, Australia (British Empire colony at this time), India (British Empire colony at this time), Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Japan.

Winston Churchill, the Mayor J. A. Moseley, the Bishop of Coventry M. G. Haigh, the Deputy Mayor A. R. Grindlay, and others visiting the ruins of Coventry Cathedral after it was hit by German bombers during the Blitz, September 1941

Napoleon III of France receiving the Siamese embassy at the palace of Fontainebleau in 1864

🇫🇷 A view of the Porte des Allemands, Metz, France, c. 1900

A European explorer poses with African pygmies, c. 1920s

Tanks are first used in warfare, as Britain's Mark I prototype "Little Willie" takes part in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Battle of the Somme, 15 September 1916

Brazilian soldiers being greeted by civilians in the Italian city of Massarosa, WWII, September 1944

The streets of Budapest, Hungary, c 1900