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• 480 BC - The battle of Salamis is fought between the Persian and Greek navies (exact date uncertain)
• 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. May have occurred September 29, records unclear.
• 1066 - William the Conqueror invades England: Battle of Hastings
• 1106 - The Battle of Tinchebrai - Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose
• 1322Events September 27/ September 28 Battle of Ampfing, often called the last battle of knights, in which Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria Births Emperor Komyo of Japan, second of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Deaths January 3 P - Louis IV, Holy Roman EmperorLouis IV of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach, born 1282, was duke of Bavaria from 1294, duke of the Palatinate from 1329 and, after 1314, Holy Roman Emperor. Louis died on October 11, 1347. Louis was the son of Louis II, Duke of Upper Bavaria, who was defeats Frederick I of AustriaFrederick the Handsome (born 1286; died January 13, 1330), from the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria as Frederick I and King of the Romans as Frederick (III . Life Frederick was the son of Emperor Albert I and Elisabeth of Carinthia. After the death in the Battle of Mühldorf
• 1448Events January 5/ 6 Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden dies with no designated heir leaving all three kingdoms with vacant thrones. Brothers Bengt Jonsson Oxenstierna and Nils Jonsson Oxenstierna are selected to serve as Co-Regents - Christian IChristian I of Denmark ( 1426- 1481), Danish monarch and union king of Denmark ( 1448- 1481), Norway ( 1450- 1481) and Sweden ( 1457- 1464), under the Kalmar Union. In Sweden his short tenure as regent was preceded by viceroys, Jons Bengtsson Oxenstierna crowned king of DenmarkKongeriget Danmark ( In Detail) Motto of the Queen: Guds hjaelp, Folkets kaerlighed, Danmarks styrke (English: God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength) Official language Danish Capital Copenhagen Kobenhavn Monarch Margrethe II Prime Ministe
• 1542Events War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor, while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French. November 25 Battle of Solway Moss. An English army in - Navigator Juan Rodriguez CabrilloJuan Rodriguez Cabrillo in Portuguese Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho (ca 1499 January 3, 1543) was an explorer noted for his exploration of the west coast of North America while sailing for Spain. Though he has been traditionally represented as Portuguese, his m of Portugal arrives as what is now San Diego
• 1708 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya
• 1779 - Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay
• 1781 - American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown Heights, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.
• 1787 - The just completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the State legislatures for approval.
• 1820 - The tomato is publicly proven safe when Robert Johnson eats a bushel (24 kg) of tomatoes in Salem, Massachusetts
• 1821 - Mexico signs its final Declaration of Independence .
• 1823 - Leo XII is elected as pope
• 1844 - Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden
• 1867 - Toronto, Ontario becomes the capital of Ontario
• 1868 - Battle of Alcolea , causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France
• 1871 - Brazil passes law freeing future children of slaves
• 1934 - Ocean liner RMS Queen Mary launched at Clydebank
• 1939 - Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II
• 1939 - Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.
• 1944 - Battle of Arnhem - Germans defeat British airborne at Arnhem, Netherlands
• 1958 - Guinea votes for independence from France
• 1958 - France ratifies a new constitution; the Fifth Republic of France is formed
• 1961 - Syria withdraws from the United Arab Republic
• 1973 - ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 Coup in Chile.
• 1976 - R&B singer Stevie Wonder releases the classic double album Songs in the Key of Life.
• 1994 - The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852.
• 1995 - Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup
• 2000 - Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau dies
• 2000 - Al-Aqsa Intifada begins after the visit of Ariel Sharon to the Al-Aqsa Mosque