Historical Events In December - 09
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
0536 On December - 09 byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten
0656 Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion on this day in history.
1165 On December - 09 malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24
1212 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king on this day in history.
1292 Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on this day in history.
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 December - 09.
1437 On December - 09 sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70
1561 Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony on this day in history.
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 December - 09.
1571 Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect on December - 09.
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 Netherlands & England sign military treaty on December - 09.
1625 Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1636 Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on December - 09.
1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin on December - 09.
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 On this day in history clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies
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 On this day in history pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58
1715 Georg Gottfried Petri, composer on December - 09.
1717 Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art) on December - 09.
1724 On December - 09 colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London
1728 Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer on December - 09.
1738 On December - 09 jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia
1742 On this day in history carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid)