Page 2: Historical Events In October - 09

1655  Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow on October - 09.   

1663  On this day in history gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia)   

1668  On this day in history mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish gov Jose de Paternina   

1701  Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven on October - 09.   

1701  On October - 09 the Collegiate School of Connecticut is chartered in New Haven. It was later renamed to Yale University.   

1708  On this day in history battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy   

1716  England & France sign treaty on October - 09.   

1727  Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer on October - 09.   

1740  On October - 09 neth gov-general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia   

1757  Charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed on this day in history.   

1760  Russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin [OS=Sep 28] on October - 09.   

1760  Pierre Gaveaux, composer on this day in history.   

1766  Bedrich Divis Weber, composer on October - 09.   

1769  On this day in history marianus Konigsperger, composer, dies at 60   

1771  On this day in history the Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland.   

1771  On this day in history frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15)   

1776  On this day in history mission Dolores founded by SF Bay   

1776  Spanish missionaries first settle in what is now San Francisco, California on this day in history.   

1781  On October - 09 thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer, dies at 49   

1782  On October - 09 lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich)   

1794  On October - 09 french troops occupy Hertogenbosch   

1797  On this day in history elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77   

1799  British frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast on this day in history.   

1804  Hobart Tasmania founded on October - 09.   

1806  Prussia declares war on France on this day in history.   

1806  On October - 09 benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74   

1813  John Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63) on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history university of Gent officially opens   

1818  On October - 09 congress of Aken returns to France from Libya   

1819  On October - 09 samuel McGowan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897   

1820  On October - 09 guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador   

1821  On this day in history georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer, dies at 68   

1822  On this day in history george Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880   

1823  Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers on this day in history.   

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

1221  Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler was born on October - 09.   

1261  On this day in history birth of dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)   

1328  King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on this day in history.   

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

1586  On this day in history birth of jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn   

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

1626  John Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1326  Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies on October - 09.   

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

1423  On October - 09 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.