Historical Events In September - 28
Saturday, 04 April 2026
0235 Bishop of Rome Pontianus steps down 

0235 Saint Pontianus, Pope 

0351 Battle at Mursa: emperor Constantine II beats emperor Maxentius. 

0365 Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor. 

0929 Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia, murdered 

0935 Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I of Bohemia. 

0995 Members of SlavnÃk's dynasty. 

1066 William the Conqueror has landed at Pevensey 

1066 William the Conqueror invade England landing at Pevensey Bay, Sussex 

1104 Pedro I, king of Navarra and Aragon, dies 

1106 The Battle of Tinchebrai ends in defeat for Normandy's Robert Curthose at the hands of England's Henry I who has crossed the Channel and who takes his brother home in chains 

1106 Battle at Tinchebrai: English King Henry I beats his brother Robert 

1197 Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, Roman Catholic German King (1169-97), dies 

1296 Adolf VII, earl of Mountain (1259-96), dies. 

1322 Battle of Muhldorf 

1362 Guillaum de Grimoard elected as Pope Urban V 

1394 Cardinal Pedro de Luna of Aragon chosen (anti)pope Benedictus XIII. 

1429 Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest of Austria 

1448 Christian I is crowned king of Denmark. 

1493 Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Italian monk (Golden Donkey). 

1509 Siwara/Sjoerd Aylva, Fries army leader (siege of Franeker). 

1521 Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade. 

1528 Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die. 

1538 Battle at Preveza: Turkish fleet under Barbarossa beats Spanish. 

1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay. 

1565 Alessandro Tassoni, Modena Italy, political writer (Rape of Bucket). 

1573 Caravaggio, Italy, painter 

1596 Vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian/poet/mayor 

1605 Boulliau, mathematician 

1612 Michel Anguier, French sculptor 

1618 Gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at 68. 

1621 Battle at Chocim Dniester: King Sigismund II beats Turks. 

1649 Ottavio Vernizzi, composer, dies at 79. 

1652 English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock. 

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