On September 7
On September 7, 3 pivotal events are recorded in the Human Saga, including Brazil declares independence from Portugal (1822).
On this day
On 7 September 1822, beside the Ipiranga brook near São Paulo, Prince Regent Pedro of Braganza proclaimed Brazil's independence from Portugal in the episode remembered as the Grito do Ipiranga ("Cry of Ipiranga").
The Boxer Rebellion (1899 to 1901) was an anti-foreign, anti-Christian uprising in northern China led by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, whose members, nicknamed 'Boxers' for their martial-arts practices, believed ritual…
Speaking at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 7 September 2013, Chinese leader Xi Jinping proposed building a 'Silk Road Economic Belt' linking China across Central Asia to Europe.