Sep 21, 1898
The Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty carried out
what many scholars call a coup d’état against the Guangxu Emperor to stop the
ongoing reforms, ending "The Hundred Days' Reform" (or Wuxu Reform.)
Today is
International Day of Peace
https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-peace
Sep 21, 1860
Arthur Schopenhauer, the German philosopher, died at age 72.