What happened on 22 September?

5 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1791 Born: Michael Faraday British experimental physicist and chemist whose discoveries included electromagnetic induction and major advances in electrochemistry.
2. 1980 Iran-Iraq War Bloody eight-year war between Iran and Iraq; trench warfare and chemical weapons.
3. 1792 Proclamation of the First French Republic The day after the cannonade at Valmy turns back the Prussian invasion of revolutionary France, the new National Convention's first act (21 September) is to abolish the monarchy; fr
4. 1735 Walpole moves into 10 Downing Street Offered the house by George II as a personal gift, Walpole accepts it only as the residence of the First Lord of the Treasury — making Number 10 the home of British prime ministers
5. 1828 Death of Shaka Zulu Assassination of Shaka by his half-brother Dingane; Zulu state continues to dominate.