Historical Events In September - 08
Sunday, 08 February 2026
0394 Arbogast, French general, commits suicide. 

0701 Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies. 

0780 Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies 

0876 Louis the German dies at Frankfurt September 8 at age 72 while preparing for war with the Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Bald. 

0876 Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72 

1024 Duke Koenraad II chosen German king. 

1100 Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies 

1141 -9] Battle of Samarkand: Yelutashi defeats Islams. 

1156 Henry II Jasormigott leaves Bavaria 

1157 Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99) 

1207 Sancho II, king of Portugal 

1264 The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Boleslaus the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland. 

1276 John XXI elected Pope. 

1303 Anagni: French king Philip IV captures Pope Boniface VIII. 

1331 Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia 

1380 Russians defeat Tatars at Kulikovo, beginning decline of Tatars 

1380 Battle on Kulikovo: Moscow's great monarch Dimitri beats Mongols. 

1380 Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint 

1397 Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester. 

1449 Battle of Tumu Fortress. 

1474 Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso). 

1504 Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence 

1514 Battle at Ozra: Polish/Latvia army beats Russians 

1522 Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completes 1st circumnavigation of globe, expedition begins under Ferdinand Magellan. 

1536 Earl of Nassau disbands siege of Peronne. 

1539 John Stokesley, English churchman 

1545 English earl Hertford leads retaliatory mission against Scotland. 

1550 Hans [Johann] Vischer, German count of Johann Cicero, dies 

1553 City of Lichfield, England established. 

1553 City of Lichfield, England forms 

1555 Thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies 

1560 Amy Robsart, wife of English premier Robert Dudley, dies by accident. 

1563 Maximilian chosen king of Hungary 

1565 The inaugural permanent settlement in US forms (St Augustine, Florida) 

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