Portal:Military history of Africa/Selected anniversaries/September
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1 September
- 1873 - Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
- 1969 - A revolution in Libya brings Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi to power, which was later transferred to the People's Committees.
- 1981 - A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
2 September
- 31 BC - Final war of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium - Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
- 1898 - Battle of Omdurman - British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establishing British dominance in the Sudan.
- 1998 - The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
3 September
- No military event recorded.
4 September
- 1975 - the Sinai Interim Agreement concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
5 September
- 1978 - Camp David Accords: Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.
6 September
- 1939 - World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany.
- 1966 - In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.
- 1968 - Swaziland becomes independent.
7 September
- No military event recorded.
8 September
- No military event recorded.
9 September
- No military event recorded.
10 September
- 1942 - World War II: The British carry out an amphibious landing at Majunga, north-west Madagascar, to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
- 1974 - Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
11 September
- 1897 - After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
12 September
- 1942 - World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks.
- 1974 - Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg.
13 September
- 533 - General Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimium, near Carthage, North Africa.
- 1882 - The Battle of Tel al-Kebir is fought in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War.
- 1914 - During World War I, South African troops open hostilities in German south-west Africa (Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.
- 1940 - World War II: Italy invades Egypt.
14 September
- No military event recorded.
15 September
- No military event recorded.
16 September
- 1795 - United Kingdom conquers Cape Town, South Africa.
17 September
- 1978 - The Camp David Accords were signed by Israel and Egypt.
18 September
- 1898 - Fashoda Incident - Lord Kitchener's ships reach Fashoda, Sudan.
- 1914 - World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa.
19 September
- 1997 - Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.
20 September
- 1920 - Foundation of the Spanish Legion which will be involved in some parts of Africa.
- 1979 - A coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokasa I.
21 September
- No military event recorded.
22 September
- No military event recorded.
23 September
- No military event recorded.
24 September
- 1973 - Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
25 September
- 1962 - The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
26 September
- No military event recorded.
27 September
- 1916 - Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
28 September
- 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.
29 September
- No military event recorded.
30 September
- 1895 - Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.
- 1966 - The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.
