On This Day In History Archive

AncientPages.com - On September 30, 1938, the Munich Agreement, a significant pact, was signed between Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, and the leaders of France, Italy, and Germany,

AncientPages.com  - On September 28, 1821, the Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire from the Spanish Empire was drafted in the National Palace in Mexico City. It

AncientPages.com - On September 26, 46 BC, Julius Caesar dedicated a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix, because he believed she was one of his ancestors. He had

AncientPages.com - On  September 24, 1877, the Battle of Shiroyama took place in  Kagoshima, at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan. A painting depicting the

AncientPages.com - On September 22, 480 BC, the battle of Salamis in the Greco-Persian Wars was fought. The place of this encounter was located between the island of Salamis

AncientPages.com - On September 20, 1066, the Battle of Fulford, near York, Yorkshire (then capital of Northumbria), was fought. Saxon troops of Mercia and Northumbria were commanded by

AncientPages.com - On September 18, 53 AD, Roman Emperor Trajan was born in Spain. He was the Second of five good emperors and a member of a very

AncientPages.com - On September 16, 307, died Severus II, a Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 307. After failing to besiege Rome, he fled to Ravenna. Historians believe that

AncientPages.com - On September 14, 1763, the Battle of Devil's Hole, also known as the Devil's Hole Massacre, was fought near Niagara Gorge in present-day New York state. The

AncientPages.com - On September 12, 490 BC, the Battle of Marathon was fought on the plain of Marathon. The battle between the Athenians and the Persians is one of history's

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

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

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

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