AncientPages.com – On September 10, 1547, the Battle of Pinkie was fought on the banks of the River Esk. In this battle, the Scots were defeated by the English, marking another catastrophic loss of life, largely due to a lack

AncientPages.com – On September 9, 999 or 1000, the Battle of Svolder was fought in the western Baltic Sea between King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway and an alliance of his enemies. The Crowning of Olav I of Norway – Hailed as king in

AncientPages.com – On September 8, 1775, the Uprising of the Priests, also known as the Maltese Rebellion took place. Maltese clergy led it against the Order of Saint John, who had sovereignty over Malta. The entrance of Fort St. Elmo, Valletta, Malta,

AncientPages.com – The Allies of World War II held the Berlin Victory Parade of 1945  on 7 September 1945 in Berlin, the capital of defeated Nazi Germany, shortly after the end of World War II. The four participating countries were the

AncientPages.com – On Sep 6, 1522, one of Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships–the Vittoria–finally arrived at Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, thus completing the world’s first circumnavigation. Discovery of the Strait of Magellan. Image credit: Álvaro Casanova Zenteno (1857 – 1939)  -Public

AncientPages.com – On Sep 5/6, 1666, the Great Fire of London that started on September 2 ended. A fire started on September 2 in the King’s bakery in Pudding Lane near London Bridge. Fires were a pretty common occurrence in

AncientPages.com – On September 4, 476, Emperor Romulus Augustus (461 – 476 AD) who ruled over the Western Roman Empire, was deposed by Odoacer, the Germanic warlord.   Romulus Augustus resigns the Crown before Odoacer. Yonge, Charlotte Mary, (1823-1901) – Project Gutenberg’s Young Folks’ History

AncientPages.com – On September 3, 36 BC, the fleets of Sextus Pompeius and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, off Naulochus, near Messina, Sicily, met in the naval Battle of Naulochus. The rebel, Sextus Pompeius, was defeated by Agrippa in this sea battle

AncientPages.com – On September 2, 31 BC, a significant historical event occurred outside the Gulf of Actium in Greece. The fleets of Roman Mark Antony and Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, met the fleet of Octavian, the leader known as Emperor Augustus, after

AncientPages.com – On September 1, 1939, around 6 a.m., the first German bombs fell on Warsaw. On that day, Warsaw opened the darkest chapter of its history—the darkest, but also the most heroic. The heroic defense of the capital against

AncientPages.com – On 31 August 12 AD, Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) was born. Caligula was the Roman Emperor (37–41 AD). Still, there are few surviving sources about the reign of Emperor Caligula, although he is described as a

AncientPages.com – On August 30, 1400, Vlad II, Vlad Dracul (‘Vlad the Dragon’), was born. He reigned from 1436 to 1442 and again from 1443 to 1447. He was the father of Mircea II, Vlad Calugarul (English: Vlad the Monk),

AncientPages.com  – The Solar Storm, known as the Carrington Event, lasted from August 28 to September 2, 1859. During this period, numerous sunspots were observed on the Sun. It was a powerful geomagnetic solar storm during solar cycle 10 (1855–1867).

AncientPages.com – On August 27, 1783, the first experimental hydrogen-filled balloon left Champs de Mars, Paris. The balloon had a diameter of 13ft (4m) and was made of rubber-coated silk. The vehicle was crewless and reached an altitude of 900

AncientPages.com – On the afternoon of August 26, 1883, Krakatoa erupted 1883 in one of the most powerful natural eruptions in recent time. Krakatoa is an island volcano between the islands of Sumatra and Java. An 1888 lithograph of the 1883 eruption of