Historical Events In October - 09

1655  On October - 09 swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow   

1663  On October - 09 gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia)   

1668  Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish gov Jose de Paternina on this day in history.   

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

1701  The Collegiate School of Connecticut is chartered in New Haven. It was later renamed to Yale University on this day in history.   

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

1716  On October - 09 england & France sign treaty   

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  On this day in history charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed   

1760  Russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin [OS=Sep 28] on this day in history.   

1760  Pierre Gaveaux, composer on October - 09.   

1766  On this day in history bedrich Divis Weber, composer   

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

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

1771  Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15) on October - 09.   

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 October - 09 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  British frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast on this day in history.   

1804  Hobart Tasmania founded on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history prussia declares war on France.   

1806  Benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74 on October - 09.   

1813  On this day in history john Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63)   

1817  On October - 09 university of Gent officially opens   

1818  On this day in history congress of Aken returns to France from Libya   

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

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

1821  On October - 09 georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer, dies at 68   

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

1823  On October - 09 mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers   

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1201  Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris was born on this day in history.   

1221  Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler was born on this day in history.   

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

1328  On this day in history birth of king Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)   

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  On October - 09 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  Death of Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany on this day in history.   

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

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

1555  On October - 09 death of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)