On September 21
490 BC The Greeks under Miltiades decisively defeated the army of Darius I
of Persia at the Battle of Marathon.
19 BC Virgil, the great Roman poet, died
in Rome at age 50.
454 Falvius Actius, Roman general and statesman was born.
1192
Richard I the Lion hearted was captured near Vienna by Leopold V, Duke of
Austria who accused Richard of arranging the murder of his cousin Conrad of
Montferrat.
1327 Edward II of England was murdered by order of his wife
Isabella, daughter of King Philip IV of France.
1435 An agreement between
Charles VII of France and Philip the Good ended the partnership between the
English and Burgundy in the Hundred Years' War.
1745 A Jacobite army under
'Bonnie Prince Charlie' defeated government forces at the Battle of
Prestonpans.
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