What are the important events that happened on September 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 5: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 5 is the 248th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 117 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 23, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 488,064 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetracontaoctagon’ day.
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Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 165 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,641 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 5 Historical Events
- 1590 –Alexander Farnese’s army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris.
- 1774 –First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1793 –French Revolution the French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
- 1816 –Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable (“Unobtainable Chamber”).
- 1862 –James Glaisher, pioneering meteorologist and Henry Tracey Coxwell break world record for altitude whilst collecting data in their balloon.
- 1877 –Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
- 1932 –The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
- 1943 –World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Nazdab, near Lae in the Salamaua-Lae campaign.
- 1978 –Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.
- 1984 –Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
Who were born on September 5?
- 1807 –Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish Anglican clergyman and philologist (d. 1886)
- 1836 –Justiniano Borgoño, President of Peru (d. 1921)
- 1907 –Sunnyland Slim, blues pianist (d. 1995)
- 1936 –Jonathan Kozol, American writer, sociologist
- 1939 –John Stewart, American musician (The Kingston Trio) (d. 2008)
- 1944 –Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author and playwright (d. 1996)
- 1963 –Kristian Alfonso, American actress
- 1977 –Nazr Mohammed, American Basketball player
- 1978 –Laura Bertram, Canadian actress
- 1978 –Yu Nan, Chinese actress
Who died on September 5?
- 1165 –Emperor Nijo of Japan (b. 1143)
- 1803 –François Devienne, French composer (b. 1759)
- 1803 –Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (b. 1741)
- 1836 –Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (b. 1790)
- 1912 –Arthur MacArthur, Jr., U.S. Army general (b. 1845)
- 1917 –Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (b. 1872)
- 1955 –Haydn Bunton, Sr., Australian rules footballer (b. 1911)
- 1997 –Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor (b. 1912)
- 1998 –Ferdinand Biondi, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1909)
- 2007 –Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek film director and a writer (b. 1939)
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