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

16 September 1620: The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth with 102 passengers seeking a new life in America.

🇺🇸 The "Wall Street bombing" occurs at 12:01 when a horse-drawn wagon explodes on Wall Street, New York, killing 38 and injuring 143, 16 September 1920

🇬🇧 Feeding swans in Victoria park, London, 1890s

The Japanese navy defeats the Chinese Beiyang fleet at the Battle of the Yalu River during the First Sino-Japanese War, 17 September 1894

Southern forces under Lee and Northern forces under McClellan clash at the Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg) near Sharpsburg, Maryland, 17 September 1862.
This inconclusive battle remains the bloodiest single day in American history, with a tally of 22,727 dead, wounded, or missing on both sides.

🇳🇱 Walking the streets of Amsterdam, 1930s

A church in Texas destroyed by the Galveston hurricane in 1900. When coming ashore on 18 September, this storm killed at least 8,000 people and left another 10,000 people homeless. It remains the deadliest natural disaster in US history.

Confederate dead on the battlefield after the Battle of Antietam, September 1862 (colourised)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period, composing more than 600 works despite his short life.
Born in Salzburg, Austria, Mozart showed prodigious musical ability from his earliest childhood, and at age five he had begun to compose, and performed before European royalty, later writing his first symphony by age 8.
🎶Click here to listen to his famous Ronda alla Turca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMjQygwPI1c&list=RDHMjQygwPI1c&start_radio=1

A medieval depiction of the Battle of Poitiers, a major English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It was fought 19 September 1356 near Poitiers in Aquitaine, western France. Edward led an army of English, Welsh, Breton and Gascon troops. They were attacked by a larger French force led by King John II of France, which included allied Scottish forces. The French were heavily defeated, and an English counter-attack captured King John II along with his youngest son and much of the French nobility.