Historical Events In December - 09
Thursday, 18 September 2025
0536 Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten on this day in history.
0656 Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion on December - 09.
1165 On this day in history malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24
1212 On this day in history frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
1292 On this day in history sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
1315 On December - 09 swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)
1392 On December - 09 peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)
1425 On this day in history pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven
1437 Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1561 On this day in history edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony
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 On this day in history adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect
1581 On this day in history emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange
1594 On this day in history gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32)
1608 On December - 09 john Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost)
1625 On this day in history netherlands & England sign military treaty
1625 Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1636 On December - 09 giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90
1640 On December - 09 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 Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42 on this day in history.
1658 Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India on this day in history.
1669 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies on this day in history.
1674 On December - 09 edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65
1688 On December - 09 king James II's wife & son flee England for France
1692 William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist on December - 09.
1706 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 on this day in history.
1715 On December - 09 georg Gottfried Petri, composer
1717 Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art) on December - 09.
1724 Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London on December - 09.
1728 On this day in history pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer
1738 Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia on December - 09.
1742 Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid) on December - 09.