Historical Events In October - 09

0680  On October - 09 husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom   

0768  On this day in history charles the Great & Charlamane II divide French republic   

0869  Charles the Bare crowned king of Lotharingen on this day in history.   

1000  On October - 09 leif Ericson discovers "Vinland"   

1000  On October - 09 leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England)   

1003  On this day in history leif Erikson lands in L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, becoming the first European to reach America.   

1192  On October - 09 richard Coeur de Leeuw leaves Jerusalem in disguise   

1201  On October - 09 robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris   

1221  On October - 09 salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler   

1238  On this day in history james I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia.   

1253  On this day in history grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78   

1261  On October - 09 dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)   

1273  On October - 09 elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany   

1290  On October - 09 last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves   

1326  On October - 09 reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies   

1390  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on this day in history.   

1423  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on October - 09.   

1436  On October - 09 jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35   

1446  On October - 09 korean Hangual alphabet devised   

1514  On this day in history king Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII (sister of Henry VIII)   

1558  Mérida is founded in Venezuela on October - 09.   

1562  On this day in history gabriel Fallopius, Modena Italy, anatomist, dies   

1573  On this day in history don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar   

1581  On this day in history claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist   

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn on this day in history.   

1595  On this day in history the Spanish army captures Cambrai.   

1597  On October - 09 earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort   

1617  Peace of Pavia (Spain & Savoye) on October - 09.   

1621  Turkey & Poland signs Peace of Chotin on October - 09.   

1626  On October - 09 john Ferrabosco, composer   

1635  On October - 09 religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony   

1635  Roger Williams (no relation to the famous country singer some 300 years his junior), is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious views on October - 09.   

1646  On this day in history baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies   

1651  On October - 09 english parliament proclaims Navigation Act off   

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1201  On this day in history birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris   

1221  On this day in history birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler   

1261  On October - 09 birth of dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)   

1328  King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on October - 09.   

1581  On this day in history birth of claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist   

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on October - 09.   

1586  On October - 09 birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)   

1626  On this day in history birth of john Ferrabosco, composer   

1047  Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005) on this day in history.   

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1273  On this day in history death of elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany   

1326  On October - 09 reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies   

1390  On this day in history johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies   

1423  On this day in history frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies   

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on October - 09.   

1555  Death of Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493) on this day in history.