Historical Events In December - 09
Monday, 05 January 2026
0536 On this day in history byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten 

0656 Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion on this day in history. 

1165 Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on December - 09. 

1212 On December - 09 frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king 

1292 Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on December - 09. 

1315 On December - 09 swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society) 

1392 On this day in history peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) 

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 On December - 09 edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony 

1565 Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 on this day in history. 

1570 On this day in history geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein 

1571 Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect on December - 09. 

1581 On December - 09 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 John Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost) on this day in history. 

1625 Netherlands & England sign military treaty on December - 09. 

1625 On this day in history ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 

1636 On this day in history giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 

1640 On this day in history settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin 

1640 Pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565) on this day in history. 

1641 On this day in history 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 December - 09 clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies 

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 On December - 09 william Mountfort, English actor and dramatist 

1706 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 on December - 09. 

1715 On this day in history georg Gottfried Petri, composer 

1717 On this day in history johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art) 

1724 On this day in history colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London 

1728 Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer on this day in history. 

1738 Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia on this day in history. 

1742 On this day in history carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid) 

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