1851. Battle of Camargo, between the forces of the Mexican government and those of Carvajal, in which the latter were victorious.
1851. Frederick Whittlesey, a New York jurist, died at Rochester, aged 54.
1852. Great inundation in the valleys of the Rhine and the Rhone.
1854. The allied forces which had landed at Old Fort, to operate against Sebastopol, commenced their march to that fortress. They consisted of 25,000 British, 25,000 French, and 8,000 Turkish troops.
1855. A terrible gale swept lake Borgne and the Gulf coast, causing loss of life and great destruction of property at Pass Christian, Mississippi city, Biloxi, and other points in the vicinity.
SEPTEMBER 20.
377 B. C. On this day was fought the famous naval battle of Naxus, in which the Lacedemonians were totally defeated.
331 B. C. Alexander crossed the Tigris and entered Assyria. The army encountered great difficulties in the passage, both from the depth and force of the current, and the slippery nature of its bed. The cavalry formed a double line, within which the infantry marched with their shields over their heads, and their arms interlinked. In this manner they crossed without loss of lives. Their entrance into Assyria was signalized by an almost total eclipse of the moon, by which the date of the event is determined.
92 B. C. Lucius Lucinius Crassus died; a Roman orator, greatly commended by Cicero.
692. Abdullah ibn Zobeyr, khalif of Mecca, having been besieged nine months in his capital until he was deserted by his friends and family, put himself at the head of five faithful followers, and rushed upon the besiegers, by whom he was slain, at the age of 72.