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What Happened in September 1513

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Historical Events

Battle of Flodden

Sep 9 Battle of Flodden: English forces defeat the Scots near Branxton in Northumberland and kill King James IV of Scotland, the last monarch in Great Britain to be killed in battle

King of Scotland James IV

King James V

Sep 21 James V crowned King of Scotland in the Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle, aged 17 months

King of Scotland James V

Victory in Battle

Sep 23 English King Henry VIII and Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I conquer Tournai, Belgium

King of the Romans and Holy Roman Emperor Emperor Maximilian I
King of England Henry VIII
  • Sep 25 Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crosses the Panama Isthmus becoming first European to see the Pacific Ocean
Events in 1513

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 24 Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden, born in Ratzeburg, Germany (d. 1535)
Born in 1513

Famous Deaths

James IV (1473-1513)

Sep 9 King of Scotland (1488-1513), killed in the Battle of Flodden at 40

James IV

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