Historical Events In December - 09
Friday, 21 February 2025
0536 On December - 09 byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten
0656 On December - 09 battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion
1165 On this day in history 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 Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society) on this day in history.
1392 Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) on December - 09.
1425 Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven on this day in history.
1437 On this day in history sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70
1561 On December - 09 edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony
1565 On December - 09 pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66
1570 Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein on this day in history.
1571 On December - 09 adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect
1581 On this day in history emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange
1594 On December - 09 gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32)
1608 On December - 09 john Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost)
1625 Netherlands & England sign military treaty on December - 09.
1625 On December - 09 ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78
1636 Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on this day in history.
1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin on this day in history.
1640 Pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565) on this day in history.
1641 On December - 09 anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42
1658 Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India on this day in history.
1669 On this day in history clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies
1674 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65 on this day in history.
1688 King James II's wife & son flee England for France on December - 09.
1692 William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist on this day in history.
1706 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 on this day in history.
1715 Georg Gottfried Petri, composer on this day in history.
1717 Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art) on this day in history.
1724 Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London on December - 09.
1728 On December - 09 pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer
1738 Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia on December - 09.
1742 Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid) on this day in history.