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THE DAY IN HISTORY · SEPTEMBER 7

September 7 in history

1191 — Arsuf

7 Sep 1191 — marching down the coast in a disciplined box, Richard absorbs Saladin’s harassment and then breaks him in open battle. It proves the crusaders can still win a field fight — but not that they can hold the interior.

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1812 — Borodino

7 Sep 1812 — Some 250,000 men and 70,000+ casualties: the bloodiest single day of war until 1916. Napoleon holds the field; the Russian army survives — which is what matters.

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1822 — The Cry of Ipiranga

7 Sep 1822 — Prince Pedro, ordered home to Lisbon, chooses Brazil instead: “Independence or death!” An empire, not a republic — and slavery stays.

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