1396 - Ottoman EmperorBeyazid IBeyazid I ca 1354 1403; Bayezıt, nicknamed Yıldırım the 'Thunderbolt') was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402. He ascended to the throne following the assassination of his father Murad I and immediately had his youn defeats a Christian army at the Battle of NicopolisThe Battle of Nicopolis took place on September 25, 1396, between a French- Hungarian alliance and the Ottoman Empire. It is often referred to as the crusade of Nicopolis and was both the largest and last large-scale " crusade" of the Middle Ages. The bat
1513Events January 20 Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway. March 11 Leo X elected pope. March 27 Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sights North America (specifically Florida) for the first time mistaking it for another island. Later, on April 2, he land - Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de BalboaVasco Nunez de Balboa (ca. 1475 January 21, 1519) was a Spanish conquistador who founded the colony of Darien in Panama, the oldest still-existing European settlement in mainland America, and became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. Balboa sail reached the Pacific OceanFor other meanings of pacific see pacific (disambiguation). The Pacific Ocean (from the Spanish Pacifico meaning peaceful is the world's largest body of water. It encompasses a third of the Earth's surface, having an area of 179. 7 million km² (69. 4 mill
1555Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland May 23 Paul IV becomes Pope. Births Deaths February 8 Laurence Saunders martyred. March 23 Pope Julius III May 6 Pope Marcellus II May 25 Henry II of Navarre October 16 Nicholas Ridle - The Peace of AugsburgThe Peace of Augsburg was a treaty signed between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and the forces of the Schmalkaldic League on September 25, 1555 at the city of Augsburg in Germany. The effect of the treaty was to establish official toleration for Lutheran is signed in Augsburg by Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
1983 - Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a worldwide nuclear war (because of time-zone differences, the date was Sept. 25 in the West, and Sept. 26 in the Soviet Union)
