Page 2: Historical Events In October - 09

1655  Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow on this day in history.   

1663  Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia) on this day in history.   

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

1701  On this day in history collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven   

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

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

1716  England & France sign treaty on this day in history.   

1727  Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer on this day in history.   

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

1757  On October - 09 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 October - 09 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 this day in history.   

1771  On October - 09 frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15)   

1776  On October - 09 mission Dolores founded by SF Bay   

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

1781  Thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer, dies at 49 on October - 09.   

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

1794  On this day in history 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 October - 09.   

1804  Hobart Tasmania founded on this day in history.   

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

1806  On this day in history benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74   

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

1817  University of Gent officially opens on this day in history.   

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

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

1820  Guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador on October - 09.   

1821  Georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer, dies at 68 on October - 09.   

1822  George Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 on this day in history.   

1823  Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers on October - 09.   

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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  On October - 09 birth of king Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)   

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

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 this day in history birth of john Ferrabosco, composer   

1047  On this day in history 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  On this day in history johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies   

1423  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

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

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