Historical Events In December - 01

0660  On this day in history eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies   

0772  Pope Adrian I elected on this day in history.   

0800  Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican on this day in history.   

1135  Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies on this day in history.   

1167  Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League on this day in history.   

1374  On December - 01 magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies   

1417  On December - 01 walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies   

1420  On this day in history henry V of England enters Paris.   

1455  Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1521  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1530  Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1549  Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC) on December - 01.   

1566  On December - 01 spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva   

1566  Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen on this day in history.   

1573  On December - 01 philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile   

1580  Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42 on this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history juan de Padilla, composer   

1623  On this day in history thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47   

1626  On this day in history pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out   

1633  On December - 01 isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67   

1634  John-Erasmus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish painter on this day in history.   

1635  On December - 01 melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51   

1640  Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule on this day in history.   

1641  Mass becomes first colony to give statutory recognition to slavery on this day in history.   

1641  Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery on this day in history.   

1651  On December - 01 cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65   

1653  An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes on this day in history.   

1656  On this day in history germany promises Poland aid against Sweden   

1671  On this day in history keill, mathematician   

1700  On December - 01 willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53   

1707  Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies on December - 01.   

1708  Great Alliance occupies Brussels on this day in history.   

1709  On this day in history franz Xaver Richter, composer   

1709  On December - 01 a Sancta Clara, writer, dies   

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1081  On this day in history birth of louis VI of France (d. 1137)   

1083  On December - 01 birth of anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)   

1521  On this day in history birth of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)   

1525  On this day in history birth of tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)   

1549  On December - 01 birth of johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)   

1566  On December - 01 birth of philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen   

1573  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile was born on this day in history.   

1580  On December - 01 birth of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)   

0660  On December - 01 eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies   

1135  On December - 01 henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies   

1241  Death of Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214) on this day in history.   

1374  Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

1377  Death of King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316) on this day in history.   

1417  Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies on December - 01.   

1433  Death of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) on this day in history.   

1455  On December - 01 lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77