September 26 in History

Harold II restores English control in York after the Norwegian defeat

Harold emerges from the northern campaign with the principal Norwegian claimant dead and the invasion decisively defeated.

King Stephen takes Oxford & besieges the empress in Oxford castle

King Stephen takes Oxford & besieges Matilda in Oxford castle

Secures hereditary royal status for Bohemia.

Margarets death is followed by a 2 yr interregnum in Scotland

Margaret died in Orkney, triggering a disputed succession among several claimants.

Margarets death prevents England & Scotland being united by a common crown

Burial of Walter Devereux, Carmarthen Castle, Wales

The Venetian Senate appoints Galileo professor of mathematics at the University of Padua.

Urges the Palatine elector to refuse the Bohemian crown offered by Prague Protestants

Loses Smolensk to Tsar Alexis after a siege

Captures Smolensk after a lengthy siege

The Peace of Lund ends the Scanian War between Sweden and Denmark-Norway.

The Peace of Lund ends the Scanian War between Sweden and Denmark-Norway.

Sweden and Denmark begin a closer relationship after concluding peace.

Sweden and Denmark begin a closer relationship after concluding peace.

Restored as colonel of the 1st Foot Guards under George I.

Appointed Diplomatic Commissioner to negotiate treaties with the European Nations

Appointed Diplomatic Commissioner to negotiate treaties with the European Nations

Appointed Diplomatic Commissioner to negotiate treaties with the European Nations

Appointed Diplomatic Commissioner to negotiate treaties with the European Nations

Appointed Diplomatic Commissioner to negotiate treaties with the European Nations

Appointed Rear-Admiral, and sent to the West Indies to act as second in command under Rodney, who knew him personally

Appointed Rear-Admiral, and sent to the West Indies to act as second in command under Rodney, who knew him personally

Alexander uses the Holy Alliance to promote cooperation among Russia, Austria and Prussia after the Napoleonic Wars.

Russia, Austria and Prussia form the Holy Alliance, reflecting Alexander's religious vision for postwar European cooperation.

Signs the Holy Alliance with Austria and Prussia, invoking Christian principles in relations between the monarchies.

Joins the Belgian Provisional Government formed during the revolution.

Serves in the Belgian Provisional Government created during the revolt.

Joins the Belgian Provisional Government after the fighting in Brussels.

Serves in the Belgian Provisional Government formed after Dutch troops withdraw.

Appointed Foreign Minister

Participates in the London Conference of the International and its organisational deliberations.

Garfield's funeral ceremonies culminate in Cleveland.

The late president is buried after a national period of mourning.

The Act creates the Federal Trade Commission to police unfair methods of competition.

Haig continues offensive operations as German reinforcements strengthen the threatened sector.

Supported by Fochs 6th Army but 20,000 British perish on the first day of the battle

Haig's forces attack Thiepval Ridge and secure important positions overlooking the Ancre valley.

Builds party organisation linked to Soviet power.

Plumer continues the step-by-step advance with another carefully prepared attack around Polygon Wood.

Haig continues the step-by-step offensive as British and Australian troops attack Polygon Wood.

Orders an advance on Damascus

Begins the Benes Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

Presides over the National Conference on Unemployment, estimated at 5.7 million

The First Cerny Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

Presides over the National Conference on Unemployment, estimated at 5.7 million

Abdicates for the 2nd time after the Greek defeat by Turkey

Declares a state of emergency while ending passive resistance.

New Chancellor Gustav Streseman ends the passive resistance during French occupation of the Ruhr

New Chancellor Gustav Streseman ends the passive resistance during French occupation of the Ruhr

Resumes reparations while ending passive resistance in the occupied Ruhr.

Declares the resumption of reparations payments.

Links the end of passive resistance to policy during the French Ruhr occupation.

Ends passive resistance during the French occupation of the Ruhr.

A state of emergency is declared in Bavaria

Declares a state of emergency in Bavaria and assumes executive power amid conflict with the Reich government.

Declares a state of emergency in Bavaria

Declares resumption of reparations payments & a state of emergency. Declares an end to passive resistance in the Ruhr

Directs Michael for UFA in Germany.

An act formulated by the League of Nations embodying the Pact is signed by 23 nations

The Pact in implemented by the League of Nations

An act formulated by the League of Nations embodying the Pact is signed by 23 nations

An act formulated by the League of Nations embodying the Pact is signed by 23 nations

Bates oversees Cunard's programme when Queen Mary launches the new express liner.

Appointed Supreme Chief exercising presidential authority in Ecuador

Yezhov is made Commissar for Internal Affairs to unmask the Trotsky-Zinoviev plot

Hitler publicly repeated his territorial demands and threatened action if the Sudetenland was not transferred.

Hitler rejected Horace Wilson’s attempt to reopen negotiations on terms less severe than the memorandum.

Hitler publicly repeated his territorial demands and threatened action if the Sudetenland was not transferred.

Hitler rejected Horace Wilson’s attempt to reopen negotiations on terms less severe than the memorandum.

Hitler told a Sportpalast audience that the Sudetenland was his final territorial demand in Europe.

Hull supported Roosevelt's appeal for peaceful negotiation without committing the United States to the settlement.

Roosevelt appealed to the governments involved to continue negotiations and avoid a European war.

Freuds body is cremated at Golders Green Crematorium in England during a service attended by Austrian refugees, including the author Stefan Zweig

Langsdorff receives orders authorising attacks on Allied merchant shipping and begins active commerce raiding.

Bans the Communist Party in both France & its colonies

The Manhattan Project is given permission to use the highest wartime priority rating by the War Production Board

The Manhattan Project is given permission to use the highest wartime priority rating by the War Production Board

Fermi supervises startup work as loading of uranium into Hanford's first full-scale plutonium-production reactor is completed.

Greek armed formations are placed under a unified command before liberation.

Appointed Commander in Chief

Appointed Commander in Chief

Holds extensive private and formal talks with Eisenhower on Berlin, disarmament and bilateral relations.

During a televised debate with Kennedy Nixon appears drawn & makes the mistake of using "lazy shave" face powder

During a televised debate with Kennedy Nixon appears drawn & makes the mistake of using "lazy shave" face powder

Signs legislation creating the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

Oswald checks his larger bag through toward Mexico City under baggage claim number 320435.

The Commission concludes that Osborne probably occupied the seat beside Oswald during part of the Mexico-bound bus journey.

During the long bus trip, Oswald gets off at stops to eat and is repeatedly observed dining alone.

Oswald boards Continental Trailways bus 5133 at 2:35 a.m. for Laredo by way of Corpus Christi and Alice.

Oswald tells fellow passengers that he is secretary of the New Orleans branch of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.

During the bus journey, Oswald says that he hopes to meet Fidel Castro after reaching Cuba.

Oswald boards Flecha Roja bus 516 at Nuevo Laredo for the overnight journey to Mexico City.

Oswald tells two Australian passengers that the Hotel Cuba in Mexico City is inexpensive and clean.

Oswald crosses from Laredo into Nuevo Laredo between about 1:30 and 2 p.m. during his journey south.

Witnesses conclude that Oswald speaks little or no Spanish, consistent with notes later found among his travel materials.

McFarland hears Oswald say that he is traveling to Cuba through Mexico City during the bus journey toward Laredo.

Mrs. McFarland hears information indicating that Oswald had left New Orleans during the previous afternoon.

The Commission finds no evidence that Osborne and Oswald knew each other before sharing the bus journey.

Oswald tells Australian passengers that he had stayed at the Hotel Cuba before, a claim the Commission considered false.

Oswald asks another passenger how to say a simple offer of help in Spanish when two women board with heavy luggage.

The Vietnamese Revolutionary Council elect Phan Khac Suu as Chief of State and the former Mayor of Saigon, Tran Van Huong, as Premier, but General Nguyen Khanh retains real power under the title of Commander in Chief of the armed forces

The Vietnamese Revolutionary Council elect Phan Khac Suu as Chief of State and the former Mayor of Saigon, Tran Van Huong, as Premier, but General Nguyen Khanh retains real power under the title of Commander in Chief of the armed forces

The Vietnamese Revolutionary Council elect Phan Khac Suu as Chief of State and the former Mayor of Saigon, Tran Van Huong, as Premier, but General Nguyen Khanh retains real power under the title of Commander in Chief of the armed forces

The Vietnamese Revolutionary Council elect Phan Khac Suu as Chief of State and the former Mayor of Saigon, Tran Van Huong, as Premier, but General Nguyen Khanh retains real power under the title of Commander in Chief of the armed forces

The Vietnamese Revolutionary Council elect Phan Khac Suu as Chief of State and the former Mayor of Saigon, Tran Van Huong, as Premier, but General Nguyen Khanh retains real power under the title of Commander in Chief of the armed forces

The Vietnamese Revolutionary Council elect Phan Khac Suu as Chief of State and the former Mayor of Saigon, Tran Van Huong, as Premier, but General Nguyen Khanh retains real power under the title of Commander in Chief of the armed forces

The Vietnamese Revolutionary Council elect Phan Khac Suu as Chief of State and the former Mayor of Saigon, Tran Van Huong, as Premier, but General Nguyen Khanh retains real power under the title of Commander in Chief of the armed forces

Appointed Prime Minister of Portugal, succeeds Salazar

Resigns as Prime Minister of Porrtugal

Produces Abbey Road after the Beatles return to a more disciplined studio collaboration.

Ovando launches a coup that removes President Siles Salinas.

Ovando's coup ends the brief constitutional presidency of Siles Salinas.

Ovando takes power in a military coup and begins a nationalist government.

Siles Salinas is overthrown by Army Commander Alfredo Ovando.

Chairs the commission reporting that divisions over campus unrest are deep and dangerous

Syria and Egypt publicly describe troop concentrations as routine maneuvers while preparing for war.

Egypt and Syria publicly describe troop concentrations as routine maneuvers while preparing for war.

Proposes a Public Accounts Committee for the European Parliament to control expenditure

Britain agrees a 5 African nation request for a conference for transitional Government

Britain agrees a 5 African nation request for a conference for transitional Government

Smith accepts British proposals for a conference on transitional government.

Sir Freddie Laker begins his cut-rate "Skytrain" service from London to NY

Is inaugurated as Director General of the IAEA.

Begins sixteen years leading the international nuclear agency.

Oversees adoption of the Early Notification Convention.

Oversees adoption of the Convention on Emergency Assistance.

The treaty creates rapid international reporting after nuclear accidents.

The treaty strengthens international help after nuclear or radiological emergencies.

Vietnam completes troop withdrawal from Cambodia

Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell announces that Clintons health plans are dead, at least for that session of Congress

Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell announces that Clintons health plans are dead, at least for that session of Congress

Addresses the United Nations General Assembly during his state visit to the United States.

Begins a state visit to the United States for talks with President Bill Clinton.

Seven-time Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti goes on trial on charges that he secretly acted as political godfather for the Sicilian Mafia

Captured by the Taliban

The Taliban with military support by Pakistan and financial support by Saudi Arabia, prepared for another major offensive against the capital Kabul, Massoud orders a full retreat from the city

The Taliban with military support by Pakistan and financial support by Saudi Arabia, prepared for another major offensive against the capital Kabul, Massoud orders a full retreat from the city

Releases Life Thru a Lens, his debut solo studio album.

Galileo passes Europa again, continuing the extended survey of its geology and space environment.

Wins a fourth presidential term through an uncontested referendum.

Receives referendum approval for a fourth presidential term.

Releases 16 yr work, "€a Ira"

Brown calls for an end to irresponsible behaviour in global financial markets.

Debates John McCain in the first presidential debate during the financial crisis

Supports social and economic reforms associated with women's mobility.

Issues the royal order permitting driving licences for women.

Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

Hosts event later linked to COVID-19 cases among attendees.

Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

Joins a United Auto Workers picket line.

Starmer presents Britain's international priorities to the United Nations General Assembly.

Engineers switch off Voyager 2's plasma science instrument to conserve the spacecraft's declining power.

Birth of James Walter Grimston

Birth of Ottokar Czernin

Martin Heidegger, existentialist philosopher and writer, is born in Germany

Birth of Manmohan Singh

Edward is consulted by Scottish magnates to abjudicate over the Scottish succession. Death of Margaret, Edward's great-niece, en-route to England. Causes a dispute over the Scottish succession, Edward II can no longer marry her

Margarets death prevents England & Scotland being united by a common crown. Margarets death is followed by a 2 yr interregnum in Scotland

Dies after reaching Orkney from Norway to marry Edward's son, Edward of Caernarvon. Death of Margaret Maid of Norway

Death of Bela Viktor Janos Bartok

Death of Peter Dewey, 1st American to die in Vietnam

Death of Anna Magnani

Death of Paul Leonard Newman

Death of Paul Newman

Turkish victory over the Serbs at Cernomen leads to the capture of Macedonia. The Turks invade the Balkans & Uglesa & Volkasin are killed

The Turks invade the Balkans & Uglesa & Volkasin are killed

The Turks invade the Balkans & Uglesa & Volkasin are killed

Turkish victory over the Serbs

Leads a small Polish force in a successful action at Kutyszcze during the Chudnov campaign

Fights with Wilczkowski in the Polish victory at Kutyszcze

The Persians under Mirza are routed despite the Persians 30,000 to Russias 15,000

Defeats Persian attempts to invade the Transcaucasian territories

The Persians under Mirza are routed despite the Persians 30,000 to Russias 15,000

Monash commands Australian troops near Ypres.

Adds two victories during late-September air fighting.

Claims two He 111 bombers destroyed.

Halts the Allied advance

The 1st airborne retreats, 2,200 are evacuated, 7,000 are captured, killed or wounded

Crowned King of England