Page 2: Historical Events In October - 09

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

1663  On this day in history 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  On this day in history collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven   

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 October - 09.   

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 October - 09.   

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

1760  On October - 09 pierre Gaveaux, composer   

1766  Bedrich Divis Weber, composer on October - 09.   

1769  Marianus Konigsperger, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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 October - 09 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  Lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich) on this day in history.   

1794  French troops occupy Hertogenbosch on October - 09.   

1797  On October - 09 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 October - 09.   

1806  On October - 09 prussia declares war on France.   

1806  Benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1822  George Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 on October - 09.   

1823  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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

1586  On October - 09 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  Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005) on October - 09.   

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on October - 09.   

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

1326  On this day in history 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 this day in history jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35   

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