📅 Today in HistorySeptember 26

Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.

Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.

William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.

Stephen of Blois's army approached Oxford, beginning the siege of Oxford.

The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.

Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.

Serbian-Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa.

Hundred Years' War: A French army defeats the English at the Battle of La Brossinière.

Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.

Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England.