On This Day in History for September 26
Events in History
- 46 BC Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus
- 715 Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne
- 1212 Golden Bull of Sicily certified hereditary royal title in Bohemia for Přemyslid dynasty
- 1371 Battle of Maritsa: Serbia-Turkey
- 1396 Ottoman Sultan Bajezid I beheads hundreds of crusaders after the Battle of Nicopolis
- 1404 Brussels Brabants/Limburgse audit-office established
- 1509 Storm surge causes the second Cosmas and Damian flood in East Friesland and the Netherlands destroying dykes and devastating coastal towns
- 1580 Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world, sailing into Plymouth aboard the 'Golden Hind'
- More Events in History
Francis of Assisi
Charles Vyner Brooke
T. S. Eliot
Paul VI
Albert Anastasia
Winnie MandelaWeddings in History
- 1861 Political cartoonist Thomas Nast (21) weds Sarah Edwards (20) in USA
- 1919 German chancellor Konrad Adenauer (43) weds Auguste Zinsser in Cologne, Germany
- 1931 Claus von Stauffenberg marries Freiin Nina von Lerchenfeld
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Daniel Boone
Levi Strauss
Jacques ChiracSeptember in History
'I Have Heard The Voice of Adolf Hitler . . .'
Hitler's speech threatening Czechoslovakia was broadcast on this day. Among those listening to the ‘mad dog of Europe’ was a journalist in an American hotel.
September 26, 1938
Parthenon
The Parthenon, former temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece
September 26, 1687
Francis Drake's Circumnavigation
Engraved world map, hand-colored, printed on paper, showing the route of Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the globe 1577-1580
September 26, 1580
Fear as First Passenger Train Reaches 15mph
The steam engine Locomotion No. 1 took passengers for a ride on this day – the first in the world to do so and, for at least one person, at frightening speed.
September 27, 1825