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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_7" title="September 7">September 7</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1652" title="1652">1652</a> – Chinese peasants on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Taiwan" title="Geography of Taiwan">Formosa</a> (now Taiwan) <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Huaiyi_rebellion" title="Guo Huaiyi rebellion">began a rebellion</a></b> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Formosa" title="Dutch Formosa">Dutch rule</a> which was suppressed four days later.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1778" title="1778">1778</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-French_War_(1778%E2%80%931783)" title="Anglo-French War (1778–1783)">Anglo-French War</a>: France <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Dominica_(1778)" title="Invasion of Dominica (1778)">invaded the Caribbean island of Dominica</a></b> and captured its British fort before Britain had even learned of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-American_alliance" title="Franco-American alliance">Franco-American alliance</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936" title="1936">1936</a> – The last <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine" title="Thylacine">thylacine</a></b> died in captivity in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart_Zoo" title="Hobart Zoo">Hobart Zoo</a>, Australia.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940">1940</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>: The <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a></i> changed their strategy in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a> and began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">bombing London and other cities and towns</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a> – A Chinese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_trawler" title="Fishing trawler">fishing trawler</a> operating in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senkaku_Islands_dispute" title="Senkaku Islands dispute">disputed waters</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Senkaku_boat_collision_incident" title="2010 Senkaku boat collision incident">collided</a></b> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Coast_Guard" title="Japan Coast Guard">Japan Coast Guard</a> patrol boats near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senkaku_Islands" title="Senkaku Islands">Senkaku Islands</a>, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between the two countries.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Bicskei" title="Gregory Bicskei">Gregory Bicskei</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1303); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shakespeare" title="John Shakespeare">John Shakespeare</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1601); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sewell" title="Henry Sewell">Henry Sewell</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1807); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Moses" title="Grandma Moses">Grandma Moses</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1860)</p>