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On September 10, 506: The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.

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The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.

The Council of Agde was a regional synod of Western Rite Nicene bishops held in September 506 at Agatha or Agde, on the Mediterranean coast east of Narbonne, in the Septimania region of the Visigothic Kingdom, with the permission of the Visigothic King Alaric II, despite him being an Arian.

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Born on September 10

Gabriel Bateman 2004– American actor (born 2004)
Armando Broja 2001– Albanian footballer (born 2001)
Nick Cross 2001– American football player (born 2001)
Laura Taylor 1999– Australian swimmer (born 1999)
jschlatt 1999– American Internet personality (born 1999)
Anna Blinkova 1998– Russian tennis player (born 1998)
Sheck Wes 1998– American rapper (born 1998)
Brooke Henderson 1997– Canadian professional golfer (born 1997)
Troy Terry 1997– American ice hockey player (born 1997)
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Jack Grealish 1995– English footballer (born 1995)
Matt Rife 1995– American comedian and actor (born 1995)
Sam Kerr 1993– Australian soccer player (born 1993)
Ricky Ledo 1992– American basketball player (born 1992)
Ayub Masika 1992– Kenyan footballer (born 1992)
Sam Morsy 1991– Egypt international footballer (born 1991)
Corban Knight 1990– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Manish Pandey 1989– Indian cricketer (born 1989)
Matt Ritchie 1989– Footballer (born 1989)

People

Died on September 10

Frankie Beverly American singer (1946–2024)
Jim Sasser American politician (1936–2024)
Ian Wilmut British embryologist (1944–2023)
Diana Rigg English actress (1938–2020)
Norman Farberow American psychologist
Adrian Frutiger Swiss typeface designer (1928–2015)
Antoine Lahad Leader of the South Lebanon Army during the Lebanese Civil War
Emilio Botín Spanish banker
Richard Kiel American actor (1939–2014)
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Edward Nelson American mathematician (1932–2014)
George Spencer American baseball player (1926–2014)
Paul K. Sybrowsky American religious leader and academic (born 1944)
John Hambrick Broadcast journalist, actor and announcer
Ibrahim Makhous Syrian politician
Josef Němec Czechoslovak boxer (1933–2013)
Clay Shaw American politician (1939–2013)
Jack Vance Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
Raquel Correa Chilean journalist

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Every September 10 on record

  1. 506 The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.

    Synod held in the Septimania region of the Visigothic Kingdom (506 AD)

    The Council of Agde was a regional synod of Western Rite Nicene bishops held in September 506 at Agatha or Agde, on the Mediterranean coast east of Narbonne, in the Septimania region of the Visigothic Kingdom, with the permission of the Visigothic King Alaric II, despite him being an Arian.

  2. 1089 The first synod of pope Urban II starts in Melfi, with seventy bishops and twelve abbots in attendance. The synod issues several decrees about church law and deals with the relation with the Greek part of the Church.

    The synod of Melfi was an ecclesiastical synod held in Melfi from 10 to 15 September 1089, convened by pope Urban II. Seventy bishops and twelve abbots attended and the synod dealt with various ecclesiastic topics connected to the reform movement as well the relation with the Greek part of the church.

  3. 1419 John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.

    1419 murder in Montereau, France

    John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, was assassinated on the bridge at Montereau on 10 September 1419 during a parley with the French Dauphin, by Tanneguy III du Chastel and Jean Louvet, the Dauphin's close counsellors.

  4. 1509 An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.

    Earthquake in the Sea of Marmara

    The 1509 Constantinople earthquake, or historically Kıyamet-i Suğra, occurred in the Sea of Marmara on 10 September 1509 at about 22:00. 3 on the surface-wave magnitude scale. A tsunami and 45 days of aftershocks followed the earthquake.

  5. 1515 Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal.

    English statesman and cardinal (1473–1530)

    Thomas Wolsey was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 1514 he had become the controlling figure in virtually all matters of state.

  6. 1547 The Battle of Pinkie, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
  7. 1561 Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
  8. 1570 Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.
  9. 1573 German pirate Klein Henszlein and 33 of his crew are beheaded in Hamburg.
  10. 1607 Edward Maria Wingfield is ousted as first president of the governing council of the Colony of Virginia; he is replaced by John Ratcliffe.
  11. 1608 John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
  12. 1622 Fifty-five Christians are executed in Nagasaki during the Great Genna Martyrdom.
  13. 1640 Reapers' War: Junta de Braços (Assembly of Estates) of the Principality of Catalonia summoned. It assumes the sovereignty and enacts a series of revolutionary measures which will lead to the Catalan Republic.
  14. 1724 Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, a chorale cantata based on a passion hymn by Johann Rist.
  15. 1776 American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
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  1. 1798 At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
  2. 1813 The United States defeats a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
  3. 1846 Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
  4. 1858 George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
  5. 1897 Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
  6. 1898 Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
  7. 1918 Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
  8. 1919 The Republic of German-Austria signs the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, ceding significant territories to Italy, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia.
  9. 1932 The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally owned IND, is opened.
  10. 1936 The first world individual Speedway World Championship was held at London's Wembley Stadium.
  11. 1937 Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
  12. 1939 World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
  13. 1939 World War II: The Canadian declaration of war on Germany receives royal assent.
  14. 1942 World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
  15. 1943 World War II: In the course of Operation Achse, German troops begin their occupation of Rome.

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