Day In History
This Day in History
Today: September 11, 2026
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The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.[1]
1185
Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
1297
Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.[2]
1390
Lithuanian Civil War (1389–92): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
1541
Santiago, Chile, is attacked by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards.[3]
1565
Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.[4]
1609
Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there.
1649
Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.[5]
1683
Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces.
1697
Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.[6]
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