On This Day in History for September 29
Events in History
- 522 BC Darius I of Persia kills Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire
- 480 BC Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I
- 61 BC Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
- 219 Batavian soldiers consecrate altar on Hercules Magusanus Rome
- 235 St Pontianus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 440 Pope Leo I the Great, installed
- 855 Benedict III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1227 Pope Gregory IX excommunicate German emperor Frederik II
- More Events in History
Pompey the Great
Miguel de Cervantes
Horatio Nelson
Enrico Fermi
Lech Wałęsa
Michelle BacheletWeddings in History
- 1818 Inventor Samuel Morse (27) weds Lucretia Walker in Concord, New Hampshire
- 1844 New York Politician Boss Tweed (21) weds Mary Jane C. Skaden
- 1949 George Lascelles marries Maria Stein
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Ferdinand VII
Rudolf Diesel
Tom Bradley
Nguyen Van ThieuSeptember in History
Norman Invasion of England
William the Conqueror and his army land at Pevensey as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
September 28, 1066
Major Effect of a Miniature Portrait
He fought many a battle but the warrior Clive of India, born on this day, was brought to his knees by a small picture of a beautiful woman.
September 29, 1725
Italo-Turkish War
Italian airships bomb Turkish positions. The Italo-Turkish War was the first conflict to feature aerial bombardment.
September 29, 1911
Nuremberg Trials
Hermann Goering on trial at the Nuremberg Trials. He would later be sentenced to death, but committed suicide the night before his sentence was to be carried out.
September 30, 1946