On This Day: September 29th

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

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.

An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

The Cossacks of the Tsardom of Russia kill about 800 people overnight in Hailuoto during the Great Wrath.

Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.

During the French War of Religion, Protestant coup officials in Nîmes massacre Catholic priests in an event now known as the Michelade.

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

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

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

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