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On September 26, -46: Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.

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Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.

Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. A member of the First Triumvirate, he led the Roman armies through the Gallic Wars and defeated his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil war. He consolidated power and proclaimed himself dictator for life in 44 BC, helping create the political conditions that led to the collapse of the Roman Republic and the emergence of the Roman Empire.

People

Born on September 26

Jane Remover 2003– American musician and producer (born 2003)
Xinyu Wang 2001– Chinese tennis player (born 2001)
Frankie Amaya 2000– American soccer player (born 2000)
Princess Salma bint Abdullah 2000– Jordanian princess (born 2000)
Miloš Veljković 1995– Serbian footballer (born 1995)
Jack Conger 1994– American swimmer (born 1994)
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 1993– American basketball player (born 1993)
Yoo Ara 1992– South Korean singer and actress (born 1992)
Alma Jodorowsky 1991– French actress, fashion model and singer (born 1991)
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Dan Preston 1991– English footballer (born 1991)
Jonny Bairstow 1989– English cricketer (born 1989)
Chris Archer 1988– American baseball player (born 1988)
James Blake 1988– English singer-songwriter (born 1988)
Kiira Korpi 1988– Finnish figure skater (born 1988)
Buddy Matthews 1988– Australian professional wrestler (born 1988)
Rosanna Munter 1987– Swedish actress and recording artist
Sean Doolittle 1986– American baseball player (born 1986)
Talulah Riley 1985– English actress (born 1985)

People

Died on September 26

John Ashton American actor (1948–2024)
Jacques Chirac President of France from 1995 to 2007
Toughie Last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (died 2016)
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich Brazilian zoologist
Sidney Phillips American physician
Ana Seneviratne Sri Lankan diplomat
Jim Boeke American football player (1938–2014)
Sam Hall American screenwriter
Gerald Neugebauer American astronomer (1932–2014)
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Tamir Sapir Georgian born-American businessman
Azizan Abdul Razak Malaysian politician (1944–2013)
Seánie Duggan Irish hurler (1922–2013)
Mario Montez Puerto Rican actor
Sos Sargsyan Soviet and Armenian actor (1929–2013)
M'el Dowd American actress and singer (1933–2012)
Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian curler and politician
Eugene Genovese American historian (1930–2012)
Sam Steiger American politician and media personality (1929–2012)

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Every September 26 on record

  1. -46 Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.

    Roman general and dictator (100–44 BC)

    Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. A member of the First Triumvirate, he led the Roman armies through the Gallic Wars and defeated his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil war. He consolidated power and proclaimed himself dictator for life in 44 BC, helping create the political conditions that led to the collapse of the Roman Republic and the emergence of the Roman Empire.

  2. 715 Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.

    First battle in the Frankish Civil War of 715–718

    The Battle of Compiègne was fought on 26 September 715 and was the first definite battle of the civil war which followed the death of Pepin of Heristal, Duke of the Franks, on 16 December 714.

  3. 1087 William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.

    King of England from 1087 to 1100

    William II was King of England from 26 September 1087 until his death in 1100, with powers over Normandy and influence in Scotland. He was less successful in extending his control into Wales. The third son of William the Conqueror, he is commonly referred to as William Rufus, perhaps because of his ruddy appearance or, more likely, because he had red hair.

  4. 1142 Stephen of Blois's army approached Oxford, beginning the siege of Oxford.

    King of England from 1135 to 1154

    Stephen, often referred to as Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 22 December 1135 to his death in 1154. He was Count of Boulogne jure uxoris from 1125 until 1147 and Duke of Normandy from 1135 until 1144. His reign was marked by the Anarchy, a civil war with his cousin and rival, the Empress Matilda, whose son, Henry II, succeeded Stephen as the first of the Angevin kings of England.

  5. 1212 The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.

    1212 decree by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II affirming Ottokar I as king of Bohemia

    The Golden Bull of Sicily was a decree issued by the King of Sicily and future Emperor Frederick II in Basel on 26 September 1212 that confirmed the royal title obtained by Ottokar I of Bohemia in 1198, declaring him and his heirs kings of Bohemia. The kingship signified the exceptional status of Bohemia within the Holy Roman Empire.

  6. 1345 Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.
  7. 1371 Serbian–Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa.
  8. 1423 Hundred Years' War: A French army defeats the English at the Battle of La Brossinière.
  9. 1493 Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.
  10. 1580 Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England.
  11. 1687 Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
  12. 1688 The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
  13. 1777 American Revolutionary War: British troops capture and begin the occupation of Philadelphia, which had been serving as the American capital city, during the Philadelphia campaign.
  14. 1789 George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
  15. 1799 War of the 2nd Coalition: French troops defeat Austro-Russian forces, leading to the collapse of Suvorov's campaign.
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  1. 1810 A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
  2. 1905 Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
  3. 1907 Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  4. 1914 The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
  5. 1917 World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
  6. 1918 World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
  7. 1919 Ukrainian War of Independence: The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine defeats the White Russian Volunteer Army at the Battle of Peregonovka.
  8. 1923 The German government calls off the passive resistance to the French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr.
  9. 1933 As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
  10. 1936 Spanish Civil War: Lluis Companys reshuffles the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the marxist POUM and anarcho-syndicalist CNT joining the government.
  11. 1942 Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
  12. 1950 Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
  13. 1953 Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends.
  14. 1954 The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
  15. 1959 Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.

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