Historical Events In September - 25
Friday, 10 April 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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