On this day: September 16

September 16: Malaysia Day; Independence Day in Mexico (1810)

Seal of Owain Glyndŵr

• 1400 – Owain Glyndŵr (seal pictured) was proclaimed Prince of Wales and instigated a revolt against the rule of Henry IV of England.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: On hearing the British troops sounding their bugles as if it were a fox hunt, the American colonists held their ground and achieved a victory at the Battle of Harlem Heights in present-day New York City.
• 1810 – Miguel Hidalgo, the parish priest in Dolores, Guanajuato, delivered the Grito de Dolores to his congregation, instigating the Mexican War of Independence against Spain.
• 1940 – World War II: Italy captured the town of Sidi Barrani, but their invasion of Egypt progressed no further.
• 1990 – Construction of the Northern Xinjiang Railway was completed between Ürümqi and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of China and Kazakhstan, and adding a sizable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge.

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