Historical Events In October - 09

0680  On this day in history husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom   

0768  On this day in history charles the Great & Charlamane II divide French republic   

0869  On October - 09 charles the Bare crowned king of Lotharingen   

1000  Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" on October - 09.   

1000  Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England) on this day in history.   

1003  Leif Erikson lands in L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, becoming the first European to reach America on this day in history.   

1192  On October - 09 richard Coeur de Leeuw leaves Jerusalem in disguise   

1201  Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris on this day in history.   

1221  On this day in history salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler   

1238  On October - 09 james I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia.   

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on October - 09.   

1261  Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) on this day in history.   

1273  On October - 09 elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany   

1290  Last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves on this day in history.   

1326  On this day in history reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies   

1390  On this day in history johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies   

1423  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on October - 09.   

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1446  Korean Hangual alphabet devised on October - 09.   

1514  On October - 09 king Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII (sister of Henry VIII)   

1558  Mérida is founded in Venezuela on October - 09.   

1562  On October - 09 gabriel Fallopius, Modena Italy, anatomist, dies   

1573  On this day in history don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar   

1581  On this day in history claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist   

1586  On October - 09 jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn   

1595  On October - 09 the Spanish army captures Cambrai.   

1597  Earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort on October - 09.   

1617  On this day in history peace of Pavia (Spain & Savoye)   

1621  On this day in history turkey & Poland signs Peace of Chotin   

1626  On October - 09 john Ferrabosco, composer   

1635  On October - 09 religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony   

1635  Roger Williams (no relation to the famous country singer some 300 years his junior), is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious views on October - 09.   

1646  Baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies on October - 09.   

1651  On this day in history english parliament proclaims Navigation Act off   

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1201  Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris was born on this day in history.   

1221  On this day in history birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler   

1261  On October - 09 birth of dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)   

1328  King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on October - 09.   

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on October - 09.   

1586  On October - 09 birth of jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn   

1586  Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632) was born on October - 09.   

1626  John Ferrabosco, composer was born on October - 09.   

1047  On this day in history clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005)   

1253  On this day in history grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78   

1273  On October - 09 death of elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany   

1326  On October - 09 reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies   

1390  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on October - 09.   

1423  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1436  On this day in history jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35   

1555  On October - 09 death of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)