Historical Events In September - 26
Friday, 19 December 2025
0715 On September - 26 ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne. 

1023 Godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies on September - 26. 

1212 Golden Bull of Sicily certified hereditary royal title in Bohemia for Přemyslid dynasty on this day in history. 

1342 On this day in history john I, ruler of Poland, dies 

1345 Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27 on September - 26. 

1371 On this day in history battle of Maritsa: Serbia-Turkey 

1371 Vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies on September - 26. 

1396 Sultan Bajezid I beheads 100s of crusaders on September - 26. 

1404 On this day in history brussels Brabants/Limburgse audit-office established 

1580 Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe on this day in history. 

1580 On September - 26 francis Drake with Spanish treasure returns to England 

1614 On this day in history felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies 

1626 On September - 26 lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71 

1629 On this day in history sweden & Poland signs Peace of Altmark 

1655 Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft Casimir from Swedish in Delaware on this day in history. 

1657 On this day in history hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48 

1680 On this day in history tax revolt in Gorinchem due to tax on cereal 

1687 On this day in history parthenon destroyed in war between Turks & Venetians 

1687 Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks & Venetians on September - 26. 

1688 On September - 26 willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist 

1729 On this day in history moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator 

1733 France, Spain & Sardinia sign anti-German covenant on September - 26. 

1758 On this day in history cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires. 

1759 Hans D L earl Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian fieldmarshal/gov-gen on September - 26. 

1767 On September - 26 wenzel Muller, composer 

1771 Denis Diderot's "Le Fils Naturel," premieres in Paris on this day in history. 

1772 On this day in history new Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine 

1774 John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman on September - 26. 

1777 On this day in history british troops occupy Philadelphia during the American Revolution 

1777 British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution on September - 26. 

1783 Fayette County, Pennsylvania created on this day in history. 

1786 On this day in history england & France sign trade agreement 

1788 On September - 26 francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63 

1789 On September - 26 jefferson appointed first Sec of State; John Jay first chief justice; Samuel Osgood first Postmaster & Edmund J Randolph first Attorney Genl 

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