Historical Events In September - 20
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
0368 Emperor Valentinianus visits Nijmegen. 

0451 General Aetius defeats Attila the Hun at Chalons-sur-Marne 

0622 Prophet Mohammed/Abu Bakr arrives in Jathrib (Medina) 

1066 Battle at Fulford: King of Norway, Harald III Hardrada defeats British militia 

1168 Paschal III, [Guido di Crema], Italian anti-Pope, dies 

1187 Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem. 

1246 Mikhail of Chernigov, ruler of Kiev 

1258 Cathedral of Salisbury inaugurated 

1378 Robert de Geneve, "butcher of Cesena" crowned anti-pope Clemens VII. 

1384 Louis, duke of Anjou/wife of Marie of Bretagne. 

1460 Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer 

1493 Philippe Pot, governor/viceroy of Burgundy, dies. 

1519 Ferdinand Magellan left Spain on his around the world voyage 

1519 In this year, Magellan starts inaugural successful circumnavigation of the world 

1519 In this year, Ferdinand Magellan starts 1st successful circumnavigation of world. 

1530 Luther advises protestant monarch compromise. 

1565 Spaniards capture Fort Caroline Fla and massacre the French. 

1586 Anthony Babington, page/conspirator to Mary Stuart, executed at 24. 

1593 Gottfried Scheidt, composer 

1596 Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain 

1604 Spanish army under Spinola recaptures Oostende 

1613 Willem H van Est (Estius), theologist, dies. 

1620 Battle at Jassy: Turks beat king Sigismund III of Poland. 

1624 Isaac Le Maire, Amsterdam ship owner, dies at about 66. 

1639 John Meursius, [van Meurs], historian, dies at 60. 

1643 1st battle at Newbury: King Charles I vs Robert Devereux' armies. 

1643 Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English politician and writer. 

1647 Giovanni Del Turco, composer, dies at 70. 

1648 Marco Ivan Lukacic, composer, dies at 61 

1653 Benedict Schultheiss, composer. 

1663 Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer. 

1664 Maryland enacts inaugural anti-amaglmation law to prevent widespread intermarriage of English women and black men 

1664 Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men 

1665 Johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogist/chronologer 

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