Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 7
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September 7: Independence Day in Brazil (1822); Ganesh Chaturthi in Hinduism (2005).
- 1191: Ayyubid forces under Saladin were defeated in the Battle of Arsuf during the Third Crusade.
- 1812: Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée under Napoleon I forced the Russian army of Alexander I to withdraw in the Battle of Borodino.
- 1821 - The Republic of Gran Colombia was established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President.
- 1940: The Blitz began when Nazi Germany's bombs landed on London, the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.
- 1986: Desmond Tutu became the first black to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
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