September 28
48 BC Pompey the Great was murdered on the
orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt.
351 Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor
Constantius II defeated the usurper Magnentius in one of the bloodiest battles
in Roman military history.
365 Roman usurper Procopius proclaimed himself Roman
emperor.
855 The Emperor Lothar died in Gaul (present day France, Luxembourg
and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well
as parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine), and his
kingdom was divided between his three sons.
1066 William the Conqueror and his
Norman army arrived in England, landing at Pevensey, beginning the Norman
Conquest.
1106 The Battle of Tinchebrai: Henry I of England defeated his
brother, Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy. Henry's knights won a decisive
victory, capturing Robert and imprisoning him in England and then Wales until
Robert's death in Cardiff Castle. England and Normandy remained under a single
ruler until 1204.
1322 Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeated Frederick I of
Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
September 29
480 BC Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet
under Themistocles defeated the Persian fleet under Xerxes I.
106 BC Pompey the
Great, statesman and general of the Roman Empire was born. He was the chief
rival of Julius Caesar and in 61 BC Pompey celebrated his victory in the third
Mithridatic War (between Rome and the Kingdom of Pontus, a Persian state off
the Black Sea) on his 45th birthday.
440 Saint Leo I, the Great, was elected
Roman Catholic pope. 1
227 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, was excommunicated
by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades.
1399 King
Richard II of England abdicated; he was succeeded by his cousin Henry
Bolingbroke (Henry IV). Richard was initially imprisoned and later died from
uncertain causes.
1364 Battle of Auray: English forces defeated the French in
Brittany; ending the Breton War of Succession between the Houses of Blois and
Montfort.
1547 Miguel de Cervantes, Creator of Don Quixote, was born.
1564, the
reign of Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley became earl of Leicester.
September 28
48 BC Pompey the Great was murdered on the
orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt.
351 Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor
Constantius II defeated the usurper Magnentius in one of the bloodiest battles
in Roman military history. 365 Roman usurper Procopius proclaimed himself Roman
emperor.
855 The Emperor Lothar died in Gaul (present day France, Luxembourg
and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well
as parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine), and his
kingdom was divided between his three sons.
1066 William the Conqueror and his
Norman army arrived in England, landing at Pevensey, beginning the Norman
Conquest.
1106 The Battle of Tinchebrai: Henry I of England defeated his
brother, Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy. Henry's knights won a decisive
victory, capturing Robert and imprisoning him in England and then Wales until
Robert's death in Cardiff Castle. England and Normandy remained under a single
ruler until 1204.
1322 Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeated Frederick I of
Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
