Day In History
This Day in History
Today: September 29, 2026
-61
Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.[1]
1011
Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.[2]
1227
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades during the Investiture Controversy.[3]
1267
The Treaty of Montgomery recognises Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Prince of Wales, but only as a vassal of King Henry III.[4]
1364
During the Hundred Years' War, Anglo-Breton forces defeat the Franco-Breton army in Brittany, ending the War of the Breton Succession.[5]
1567
During the French War of Religion, Protestant coup officials in Nîmes massacre Catholic priests in an event now known as the Michelade.[6]
1578
Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.[7]
1714
The Cossacks of the Russian Empire kill about 800 people overnight in Hailuoto during the Great Wrath.[8]
1717
An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.[9]
1789
The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.[10]
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