Day In History
This Day in History
Today: September 19, 2026
96
Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed.[1]
634
Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.[2]
1356
Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures King John II.[3]
1410
End of the Siege of Marienburg: The State of the Teutonic Order repulses the joint Polish—Lithuanian forces.[4][5]
1676
Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
1777
American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
1778
The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
1796
George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
1799
French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
1846
Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.[6]
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