On This Day in History for September 9
Events in History
- 701 St Sergius I reign as Catholic Pope ends
- 1000 Battle of Svolder, Baltic Sea: King Olaf on board the Long Serpent defeated in one of the greatest naval battles of the Viking Age. He leaps to his death overboard.
- 1379 Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III.
- 1493 Battle of Krbava field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the Ottoman Empire invasion.
- 1513 Battle of Flodden: English forces defeat the Scots near Branxton in Northumberland and kill King James IV of Scotland, the last monarch in Great Britain to be killed in battle
- 1543 Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling
- 1553 The Roman Inquisition burns all copies of the Talmud and other Jewish texts in Rome's Campo de Fiori
- 1556 Pope Paul IV refuses to crown Ferdinand I of Austria Holy Roman Emperor
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Aurelian
William Bligh
Leo Tolstoy
Colonel SandersWeddings in History
- 1770 Founding Father of America Robert R. Livingston (23) weds John Steven's daughter Mary Stevens
- 2004 Crown Prince of Brunei Al-Muhtadee Billah (30) weds commoner Pengiran Anak Sarah (17) at Nurul Iman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
More Weddings & Divorces in History
William the Conqueror
James IV
Mao Zedong
Ahmad Shah Massoud
Edward TellerSeptember in History
The Statue of David
A masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, The Statue of David completed by Michelangelo in 1504
September 8, 1504
Mutiny On The Bounty
William Bligh, born on this day, became known as a sadistic sea captain who drove his men to the Mutiny on the Bounty. But was he in fact a victim of fiction?
September 9, 1754
Nelson's Dying Wish: Save Emma
Admiral Lord Nelson sailed into the life of Lady Emma Hamilton for the first time on this day. It would be the start of one of history’s great love affairs.
September 10, 1793
Miracle Mike!
Mike the headless chicken
September 10, 1945