What is September 29?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[61 BC]] &ndash; [[Pompey|Pompey the Great]] celebrates his third [[Roman triumph|triumph]], for victories over the pirates and the end of the [[Mithridatic Wars]] on his 45th birthday. * [[48 BC]] &ndash; [[Ptolemy XIII of Egypt]] had Pompey [[murder]]ed and his head cut off on his 58th birthday. Pompey's head and ring are kept for [[Julius Caesar]] (some sources give [[September 28]]). * AD [[855]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict III]] becomes [[Pope]]. * [[1015]] &ndash; [[Michael (archangel)|St. Michael]]'s Church in [[Hildesheim]], present–day [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]], is [[Consecration|consecrated]]; It is now on the [[UNESCO World Heritage List]]. * [[1227]] &ndash; [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] is excommunicated by [[Pope Gregory IX]] for not taking part in the [[Crusades]]. * [[1364]] &ndash; [[Battle of Auray]] – [[England|English]] forces defeat [[France|French]] at [[Brittany]]; end of the [[Breton War of Succession]] * [[1567]] &ndash; At a dinner, the [[Duke of Alva]] arrests the [[Count of Egmont]] and the Count of Horne for treason. * [[1717]] &ndash; An [[earthquake]] strikes [[Antigua, Guatemala|Antigua]], [[Guatemala]], destroying much of the [[city]]. * [[1760]] &ndash; The French surrender at Fort [[Detroit]] to the British. * [[1774]] &ndash; Publication of the [[Sorrows of Young Werther]] makes [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] famous. * [[1789]] &ndash; [[United States]] [[United States War Department|War Department]] first establishes regular [[United States Army|army]] with strength of several hundred men. * [[1789]] &ndash; First [[United States Congress]] adjourns. * [[1829]] &ndash; [[London]]'s reorganized police force goes on duty, and later becomes known as [[Scotland Yard]]. The [[Metropolitan Police]] force is founded. * [[1850]] &ndash; A [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] [[hierarchy]] is re–established in [[England]], [[Wales]] by [[Pope Pius IX]]. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Chaffin's Farm]