Historical Events In December - 09
Thursday, 21 November 2024
0536 On this day in history byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten
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 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king on December - 09.
1292 On this day in history sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
1315 Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society) on December - 09.
1392 Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) on this day in history.
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 Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony on this day in history.
1565 On this day in history pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66
1570 Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein on December - 09.
1571 On this day in history adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect
1581 Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange on this day in history.
1594 Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32) on this day in history.
1608 On this day in history 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 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 December - 09.
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 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 King James II's wife & son flee England for France on December - 09.
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 Georg Gottfried Petri, composer on December - 09.
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 Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer on December - 09.
1738 Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia on this day in history.
1742 Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid) on this day in history.