Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Sep 25, 303 |
On a voyage preaching the gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France. |
Sep 25, 953 |
Ratherius becomes bishop of Luik |
Sep 25, 955 |
Bishop Ratherius of Luik flees |
Sep 25, 1066 |
The Battle of Stamford Bridge; an English army under King Harold Godwinson beat the invading Norwegians led by King Harald Hardrada and Harold's brother Tostig, who were both killed. Three weeks later Harold died fighting the Normans at Hastings. |
Sep 25, 1212 |
Emperor Frederik II ends Golden Degree (Bohemia) |
Sep 25, 1340 |
England & France sign disarmament treaty |
Sep 25, 1396 |
Battle of Nicopolis: Sultan Bajezid I defeats Crusades armies |
Sep 25, 1492 |
Crewman on Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early |
Sep 25, 1493 |
Columbus sails with 17 ships on 2nd voyage to the Americas |
Sep 25, 1513 |
Vasco Nunez de Balboa is first European to see Pacific Ocean |
Sep 25, 1555 |
Freedom of Religion in Augsburg |
Sep 25, 1560 |
Spanish king Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg as 1st archbishop of Utrecht |
Sep 25, 1597 |
Amiens surrenders to French King Henri IV |
Sep 25, 1639 |
First printing press in America |
Sep 25, 1639 |
Suzuki Shosan, Samurai monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening |
Sep 25, 1654 |
England & Denmark sign trade agreement |
Sep 25, 1663 |
Austrian Fort Neuhausl surrenders to invading Turkish army |
Sep 25, 1690 |
Publick Occurrences, first newspaper in the American colonies (Boston), publishes first & last edition |
Sep 25, 1775 |
American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured |
Sep 25, 1777 |
British general William Howe conquers Philadelphia |
Sep 25, 1780 |
Benedict Arnold joins the British |
Sep 25, 1781 |
-26] Joan Derks scatters "On the People of Netherlands" pamphlets |
Sep 25, 1789 |
US Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify) |
Sep 25, 1804 |
12th amendment to US constitution, regulating judicial power |
Sep 25, 1820 |
French Physicist Francois Arago announces electromagnetism in his discovery that a copper wire between the poles of a voltaic cell could laterally attract iron filings to itself |
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