This Day in History
Today: September 21, 2026
455
Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.
1170
The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders.
1217
Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo the Accursed are killed in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day.
1435
The Congress of Arras causes Burgundy to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War.
1745
A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart.
1776
Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.[1]
1780
American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
1792
French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
1809
British Secretary of War Lord Castlereagh and Foreign Secretary George Canning meet in a duel on Putney Heath, with Castlereagh wounding Canning in the thigh.[2]
1843
The crew of schooner Ancud, led by John Williams Wilson, takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the Chilean government.[3][4]
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