Historical Events In October - 09

1655  On this day in history swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow   

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 this day in history.   

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

1708  Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy on this day in history.   

1716  England & France sign treaty on October - 09.   

1727  Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer on October - 09.   

1740  Neth gov-general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia on this day in history.   

1757  On October - 09 charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed   

1760  On this day in history russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin [OS=Sep 28]   

1760  Pierre Gaveaux, composer on October - 09.   

1766  On this day in history bedrich Divis Weber, composer   

1769  Marianus Konigsperger, composer, dies at 60 on October - 09.   

1771  On October - 09 the Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland.   

1771  Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15) on this day in history.   

1776  On October - 09 mission Dolores founded by SF Bay   

1776  Spanish missionaries first settle in what is now San Francisco, California on October - 09.   

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

1782  On this day in history lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich)   

1794  French troops occupy Hertogenbosch on this day in history.   

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

1799  On October - 09 british frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast   

1804  On this day in history hobart Tasmania founded   

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 October - 09.   

1817  On October - 09 university of Gent officially opens   

1818  Congress of Aken returns to France from Libya on October - 09.   

1819  On this day in history samuel McGowan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897   

1820  On this day in history guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador   

1821  Georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1822  On October - 09 george Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880   

1823  On this day in history mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers   

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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  Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on this day in history.   

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

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on October - 09.   

1586  On October - 09 birth of jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn   

1586  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)   

1626  On October - 09 birth of john Ferrabosco, composer   

1047  On October - 09 clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005)   

1253  On October - 09 grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78   

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  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on October - 09.   

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

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1555  On this day in history death of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)