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In 1789, The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.
September 29 in History
1789 — The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men
September 29 spans 55 recorded events across recorded history, from 61 BC to 2019. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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55 events
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More major events on September 29
The featured story and these ranked highlights form a quick summary. Every recorded event remains available in the chronology below.
- 1864 The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate. Source
- 2004 Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize. Source
- 1990 The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland. Source
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The United States Department of War, also called the War Department, was the United States Cabinet department responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.
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It also had responsibility for naval affairs from 1794 until the establishment of the Department of the Navy in 1798, and for most non-naval air forces until the creation of the Department of the Air Force on September 18, 1947. This clarifies the institutional and public response around the event.
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In 1789, The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.
Did you know
In 1789, The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.
-61
Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
Roman general and statesman (106–48 BC)
1011
Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.
Viking raid in September 1011
1227
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades during the Investiture Controversy.
Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 to 1250
1267
The Treaty of Montgomery recognises Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Prince of Wales, but only as a vassal of King Henry III.
1267 treaty between the kingdoms of England and Wales
1364
During the Hundred Years' War, Anglo-Breton forces defeat the Franco-Breton army in Brittany, ending the War of the Breton Succession.
Medieval Anglo-French conflicts, 1337–1453
1567
During the French War of Religion, Protestant coup officials in Nîmes massacre Catholic priests in an event now known as the Michelade.
1562–1598 Catholic-Protestant conflicts
1578
Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.
Capital and largest city of Honduras
1714
The Cossacks of the Tsardom of Russia kill about 800 people overnight in Hailuoto during the Great Wrath.
Military estate of East Slavic people
1717
An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.
1717 earthquake centered in southwestern colonial Guatemala
1724
J.
S. Bach leads the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 for the feast of archangel Michael, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas.
1829
The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
Territorial police force of Greater London
1848
The Battle of Pákozd is a stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces and is the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution.
Battle during Hungarian Revolution of 1848
1850
The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.
1850 papal bull by Pope Pius IX
1855
The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.
Port in Philippines
1864
The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought in the American Civil War.
Battle of the American Civil War
1864
The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
1864 treaty between Spain and Portugal
1885
The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
Light rail transit system in Lancashire, England
1907
The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
Episcopal Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
1911
Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire, In this war , Italy gains Libya which ends Ottoman rule in North Africa .
1911–1912 war in Libya and the Aegean Sea
1918
World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica ending its participation.
Global conflict from 1914 to 1918
1918
World War I: The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.
Defensive fortification in World War I
1918
World War I: Germany's Supreme Army Command tells Kaiser Wilhelm II and Imperial Chancellor Georg Michaelis to open negotiations for an armistice to end the war.
German Army high command (1871–1919)
1920
Ukrainian War of Independence: The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic agree to a truce with the Makhnovshchina.
Eastern European military conflict (1917–1921)
1923
The Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
League of Nations mandate
1923
The First American Track and Field championships for women are held.
American athletics championship event
1932
Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia during the Chaco War.
Part of the Chaco War
1940
Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
1935 multi-role military aircraft family by Avro
1941
During World War II, German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.
Global conflict (1939–1945)
1954
The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
European particle physics research centre
1957
The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
1957 radiological contamination disaster in the Soviet Union
1959
A Lockheed L-188 Electra crashes in Buffalo, Texas, killing 34 people.
American turboprop airliner, built 1957–1961
1972
Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
Country in East Asia
1975
WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
Television station in Detroit
1979
Equatorial Guinean dictator Francisco Macías Nguema is executed by soldiers from Western Sahara.
Country in Central Africa
1981
An Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft crashes into a firing range near Kahrizak, Iran, killing 80 people.
Aerial service branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
1988
NASA launches STS-26, the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster.
1988 American crewed spaceflight
1990
Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C.
Episcopal Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
1990
The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
American aircraft prototype
1990
The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland.
Concert hall and congress centre in Tampere, Finland
1991
1992
Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.
President of Brazil from 1990 to 1992
2004
The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
Near-Earth asteroid of the Apollo and Alinda group
2004
Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.
American aerospace engineer (born 1943)
2005
John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States.
Chief Justice of the United States since 2005
2006
A Boeing 737 and an Embraer 600 collide in mid-air, killing 154 people and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
2006 mid-air collision over Brazil
2007
Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
UK nuclear power station (1956–2003)
2008
The stock market crashes with the Dow Jones dropping a then record 778 points after the United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails during the beginning stages of the Great Recession.
Sudden widespread decline of stock prices
2009
The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds.
Natural disaster in the southern Pacific Ocean
2011
The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.
Marginalized castes in India and South Asia
2013
Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.
2013 mass shooting by Islamist militants in Gujba, Yobe State, Nigeria
2016
Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
Attack on Indian troops by insurgents in Jammu and Kashmir
