A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 25th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 25, 1066, the Battle of Stamford Bridge signaled the end of the Viking invasions of England. On September 25, 1555, the peace treaty known as the Peace of Augsburg or alternately as the Augsburg Settlement was signed by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and his opponents, known as the Schmalkaldic League. On September 25, 1911, the French battleship, Liberté,…
A Brief History On September 25, 1555, the peace treaty known as the Peace of Augsburg or alternately as the Augsburg Settlement was signed by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and his opponents, known as the Schmalkaldic League. Digging Deeper The signing took place in the German city of Augsburg, giving the treaty its name. The Holy Roman Empire of the time consisted of a Catholic consortium of countries, including Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, and Burgundy, as well as portions of Italy. Opposing the Emperor was the Schmalkaldic League, an alliance of Lutheran princes within the empire that…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 24th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 24, 787, church leaders of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church met at the Church of Hagia Sophia in Iznik, province of Nicaea ( province of Bursa in modern Turkey) in a conference known as the Second Council of Nicaea. On September 24, 1272, Prince Edward of England, leader of the Ninth Crusade, left Acre (Syria) for Sicily…
A Brief History On September 24, 2015, yet another religious related tragedy occurred when as many as 2,000 faithful Muslims in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj were stampeded and suffocated when a large crowd met another large crowd at a road intersection and chaos resulted. The worst tragedy in a long line of Hajj related tragedies, some estimates were as high as over 2,400 dead, the worst Hajj related disaster. Digging Deeper In previous articles we have discussed tragedies and disasters related to religious events and locations, and asked the question, “What do these tragedies mean?” If you are a…
A Brief History Hello, everyone! As today (September 23, 2023) marks the ten-year anniversary of the debut of our website in September of 2013, we are here presenting our YouTube channel’s ten most popular adaptations of our articles in their historical chronological order. Digging Deeper Our first video in this compilation was made as part of a collaboration on the history of women. Our second video in this compilation was made as part of a collaboration on the history of India. For our third video in this compilation, we leave behind ancient history and enter modern history. For our fourth…
