Historical Events In December - 09
Monday, 20 January 2025
0536 Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten on December - 09.
0656 On this day in history 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 Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on December - 09.
1315 Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society) on this day in history.
1392 Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) on this day in history.
1425 Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven on this day in history.
1437 Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on December - 09.
1561 Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony on this day in history.
1565 On December - 09 pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66
1570 On December - 09 geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein
1571 Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect on this day in history.
1581 Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange on December - 09.
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 On this day in history 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 On December - 09 settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
1640 On December - 09 pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)
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 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies on December - 09.
1674 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65 on December - 09.
1688 King James II's wife & son flee England for France on this day in history.
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 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 On December - 09 pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer
1738 On December - 09 jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia
1742 Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid) on this day in history.