This day in History - September 25

424 Historic Events for September 25
813 Death al-Amin, Arabic kalief of Islam (809-813), murdered
953 Event Ratherius becomes bishop of Luik
955 Event Bishop Ratherius of Luik flees
1066 Event Battle of Stampford Bridge King Harold Godwinson II of England, beaten by his brother King Harold Hardrada of Norway
1066 Death Harald III Hardrada, king of Norway (1047-66), dies in battle at 51
1212 Event Emperor Frederik II ends Golden Degree (Bohemia)
1340 Event England and France sign disarmament treaty
1392 Death Sergius van Radonesj, Russian saint, dies at 78
1396 Death Odard de Chasseron, French knight/crusader, dies in battle
1396 Death Jean de Vienne, French admiral/crusader, dies in battle
1396 Event Battle of Nicopolis: Sultan Bajezid I defeats Crusades armies
1396 Death Philip of Bar, French knight/crusader, dies in battle
1492 Event Crewman on Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early
1493 Event Columbus sails with 17 ships on 2nd voyage to America
1501 Death Dzore Drzic, Croatish poet, dies
1506 Death Felipe I, the handsome, King of Castili‰ (Spain) (1504-06), dies
1513 Event Vasco Nu¤ez de Balboa is 1st European to see Pacific Ocean
1525 Death Johannes Pistorius, [Bakker], RC pastor/church reformer, burned at 26
1534 Death Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italian Pope (1523-34), dies at 56
1555 Event Freedom of Religion in Augsburg
1560 Event Spanish king Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg, 1st archbishop of Utrecht
1593 Birth Matthew Merian, the Elder, engraver/bookseller
1597 Event Amiens surrenders to French King Henri IV
1612 Birth Mark Zuesius Boxhorn, Dutch historian
1619 Death Francesco Soto de Langa, composer, dies