Historical Events In September - 25
Monday, 09 March 2026
0303 On a voyage preaching the gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France 

0813 al-Amin, Arabic kalief of Islam (809-813), murdered 

0953 Ratherius is recorded as becoming bishop of Luik 

0955 Bishop Ratherius of Luik flees 

1066 The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Anglo-Saxon era 

1066 Harald III Hardrada, King of Norway (1047-66), dies in battle at 51 

1212 Emperor Frederik II ends Golden Degree (Bohemia) 

1340 England and France sign disarmament treaty 

1392 Sergius van Radonesj, Russian saint, dies at 78. 

1396 Battle of Nicopolis: Sultan Bajezid I defeats Crusades armies. 

1396 Jean de Vienne, French admiral/crusader, dies in battle 

1492 Crewman on the Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early 

1492 Crewman on Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early. 

1493 Columbus sails on 2nd voyage to America. 

1493 Columbus sails with 17 ships on 2nd voyage to America 

1501 Dzore Drzic, Croatish poet, dies 

1506 Felipe I, the handsome, King of Castile (Spain) (1504-06), dies 

1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa is 1st European to see Pacific Ocean. 

1525 Johannes Pistorius, [Bakker], RC pastor/church reformer, burned at 26. 

1534 Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italian Pope (1523-34), dies at 56 

1555 Freedom of Religion in Augsburg. 

1560 Spanish king Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg, 1st archbishop of Utrecht. 

1593 Matthew Merian, the Elder, engraver/bookseller 

1597 Amiens surrenders to French King Henri IV 

1612 Mark Zuesius Boxhorn, Dutch historian. 

1619 Francesco Soto de Langa, composer, dies 

1630 Ambrogio Spinola, Spanish marquis of Balbases, dies at about 61. 

1639 inaugural printing press in America 

1639 1st printing press in America 

1654 England and Denmark sign trade agreement. 

1663 Austrian Fort Neuhausl surrenders to Turkish invasion army. 

1680 Samuel Butler, poet/satirist, dies. 

1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dijon France, composer (Traite) (baptized) 

1690 Publick Occurrences, inaugural US (Boston) newspaper, publish inaugural and last ed. 

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