Historical Events In September - 18
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
0031 Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed 

0096 Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated 

0096 Domitian, Roman emperor, dies. 

0324 Chrysopolis emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius 

0887 Pietro I Candiano, Doge of Venice (killed in battle) 

0993 Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle. 

1137 Erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered. 

1180 Philip Augustus is recorded as becoming king of France 

1180 Louis VII, King of France, dies 

1261 Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies 

1426 Hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies 

1437 Farmer uprising in Transsylvania 

1454 In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War. 

1502 Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th and last voyage 

1544 Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy. 

1573 Spanish attack Alkmaar. 

1574 Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet 

1635 Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France. 

1636 Pietro Sanmartini, composer. 

1679 New Hampshire is recorded as becoming a county Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

1684 Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer. 

1684 Jan A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Ystroom), dies at 37. 

1709 Samuel Johnson, Lichfield Staffordshire, England, lexicographer/writer (Boswell's Tour Guide) 

1713 Jean Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher 

1721 Matthew Prior, poet/diplomat, dies. 

1733 George Read, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence). 

1735 Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51 

1739 Treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks. 

1739 Turkey and Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks 

1750 Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias) 

1752 Adrien-Marie Lagendre, mathematician, worked on elliptic integrals 

1755 Fort Ticonderoga, NY opens 

1755 Ft Ticonderoga, NY opens 

1759 Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British 

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