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On September 29, -61: Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.

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Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the final decades of the Roman Republic. As a young man, he was a partisan and protégé of the dictator Sulla, after whose death he achieved significant military and political success.

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Born on September 29

Jaden McDaniels 2000– American basketball player (born 2000)
Choi Ye-na 1999– South Korean singer (born 1999)
Sasha Lane 1995– American actress
Halsey 1994– American singer (born 1994)
Nicholas Galitzine 1994– English actor (born 1994)
Enxhi Seli-Zacharias 1993– German politician (born 1993)
Souleymane Doukara 1991– Footballer (born 1991)
Jordan Schroeder 1990– American ice hockey player (born 1990)
Shyima Hall 1989– Egyptian human rights activist
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Kevin Durant 1988– American basketball player (born 1988)
Josh Farro 1987– American guitarist
Inika McPherson 1986– American high jumper
Calvin Johnson 1985– American football player (born 1985)
Michelle Payne 1985– Australian jockey (born 1985)
Per Mertesacker 1984– German association football player (born 1984)
Ryan Garry 1983– English footballer (born 1983)
Kelly McCreary 1981– American actress
Suzanne Shaw 1981– Musical artist

People

Died on September 29

Patrick Murray British actor (1956–2025)
Alan McDonald Scottish parish minister (1951–2025)
Ozzie Virgil Sr. Dominican baseball player and coach (1932–2024)
Kathleen Booth British computer scientist (1922–2022)
Akissi Kouamé Ivorian army officer (1955–2022)
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Emir of Kuwait from 2006 to 2020
Helen Reddy Australian and American singer, actress, TV host, and activist (1941–2020)
Martin Bernheimer American music critic (1936–2019)
Otis Rush American blues singer and guitarist (1934–2018)
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Tom Alter American–Indian actor (1950–2017)
Miriam Defensor Santiago Filipino politician, lawyer, and author
Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saudi royal, businessman, and government official (1932–2015)
Hellmuth Karasek German journalist and literary critic (1934–2015)
Phil Woods American jazz musician (1931–2015)
Mary Cadogan English author (1928–2014)
John Ritchie New Zealand composer
Harold Agnew American physicist
S. N. Goenka Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation (1924–2013)

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  1. -61 Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.

    Roman general and statesman (106–48 BC)

    Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the final decades of the Roman Republic. As a young man, he was a partisan and protégé of the dictator Sulla, after whose death he achieved significant military and political success.

  2. 1011 Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.

    Viking raid in September 1011

    The siege of Canterbury was a major Viking raid on the city of Canterbury that occurred between 8 and 29 September 1011, fought between a Viking army led by Thorkell the Tall and the Anglo-Saxon defenders. The details of the siege are largely unknown, and most of the known events were recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

  3. 1227 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades during the Investiture Controversy.

    Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 to 1250

    Frederick II was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220, and King of Jerusalem from 1225 to 1228. He was the son of Emperor Henry VI, of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, and Queen Constance I of Sicily, of the Hauteville dynasty.

  4. 1267 The Treaty of Montgomery recognises Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Prince of Wales, but only as a vassal of King Henry III.

    1267 treaty between the kingdoms of England and Wales

    The Treaty of Montgomery was an Anglo-Welsh treaty signed on 29 September 1267 in Montgomeryshire by which Llywelyn ap Gruffudd was acknowledged as Prince of Wales by King Henry III of England. It was the only time an English ruler recognised the right of a ruler of Gwynedd over Wales. Llywelyn's grandfather Llywelyn the Great had previously laid claim to be the effective prince of Wales by using the title "Prince of Aberffraw, Lord of Snowdon" in the 1230s, after subduing all the other Welsh dynasties.

  5. 1364 During the Hundred Years' War, Anglo-Breton forces defeat the Franco-Breton army in Brittany, ending the War of the Breton Succession.

    Medieval Anglo-French conflicts, 1337–1453

    The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy of Aquitaine and was triggered by a claim to the French throne made by Edward III of England. The war grew into a broader military, economic, and political struggle involving factions from across Western Europe, fuelled by emerging nationalism on both sides.

  6. 1567 During the French War of Religion, Protestant coup officials in Nîmes massacre Catholic priests in an event now known as the Michelade.
  7. 1578 Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.
  8. 1714 The Cossacks of the Tsardom of Russia kill about 800 people overnight in Hailuoto during the Great Wrath.
  9. 1717 An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.
  10. 1724 J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 for the feast of archangel Michael, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas.
  11. 1789 The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
  12. 1829 The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
  13. 1848 The Battle of Pákozd is a stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces and is the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution.
  14. 1850 The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.
  15. 1855 The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.
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  1. 1864 The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought in the American Civil War.
  2. 1864 The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
  3. 1885 The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
  4. 1907 The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
  5. 1911 Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire, In this war , Italy gains Libya which ends Ottoman rule in North Africa .
  6. 1918 World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica ending its participation.
  7. 1918 World War I: The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.
  8. 1918 World War I: Germany's Supreme Army Command tells Kaiser Wilhelm II and Imperial Chancellor Georg Michaelis to open negotiations for an armistice to end the war.
  9. 1920 Ukrainian War of Independence: The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic agree to a truce with the Makhnovshchina.
  10. 1923 The Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
  11. 1923 The Mandate for Syria and Lebanon takes effect.
  12. 1923 The First American Track and Field championships for women are held.
  13. 1932 Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia during the Chaco War.
  14. 1940 Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
  15. 1941 During World War II, German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.

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