📅 Today in HistorySeptember 10

The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.

The first synod of pope Urban II starts in Melfi, with seventy bishops and twelve abbots in attendance. The synod issues several decrees about church law and deals with the relation with the Greek part of the Church.

John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.

An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.

Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal.

The Battle of Pinkie, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.

Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.

Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.

German pirate Klein Henszlein and 33 of his crew are beheaded in Hamburg.

Edward Maria Wingfield is ousted as first president of the governing council of the Colony of Virginia; he is replaced by John Ratcliffe.