Historical Events In December - 09
Saturday, 21 December 2024
0536 Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten on this day in history.
0656 On December - 09 battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion
1165 On December - 09 malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24
1212 On December - 09 frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
1292 On this day in history sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
1315 On this day in history swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)
1392 Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) on this day in history.
1425 Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven on December - 09.
1437 Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on December - 09.
1561 Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony on December - 09.
1565 Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 on December - 09.
1570 Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein on this day in history.
1571 Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect on this day in history.
1581 On this day in history emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange
1594 Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32) on this day in history.
1608 On December - 09 john Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost)
1625 Netherlands & England sign military treaty on December - 09.
1625 Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1636 Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on December - 09.
1640 On December - 09 settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
1640 On this day in history pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)
1641 Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42 on this day in history.
1658 On December - 09 dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India
1669 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies on December - 09.
1674 On this day in history edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65
1688 On this day in history king James II's wife & son flee England for France
1692 William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist on December - 09.
1706 On December - 09 pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58
1715 Georg Gottfried Petri, composer on December - 09.
1717 On this day in history johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art)
1724 Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London on this day in history.
1728 Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer on this day in history.
1738 On December - 09 jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia
1742 Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid) on this day in history.