On September 10
490 BC The Battle of Marathon took place between the forces of the Persian
Empire and those of Athens, and was a decisive Greek victory.
422 Saint Celestine I was elected Roman Catholic
pope.
506
The bishops of Visigothic Gaul met in the Council of Agde. The canons shed
light on the moral conditions of the clergy and laity in southern France at the
beginning of the transition from the Graeco-Roman social order to that of the
new conquerors.
1167 Empress Matilda died. Daughter of King Henry I, widow of Holy
Roman Emperor Henry V, and mother of King Henry II, Matilda (also known as
Maud) engaged in a civil war with Stephen of Blois over the crown of England.
1419 John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy was assassinated by adherents of the
Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
1509 An earthquake known as
"The Lesser Judgment Day" hit Istanbul.
1547 The Battle of Pinkie
Cleugh, the last full scale military confrontation between England and
Scotland, resulted in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
