Historical Events In December - 01

0660  On this day in history eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies   

0772  Pope Adrian I elected on this day in history.   

0800  Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican on December - 01.   

1135  On this day in history henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies   

1167  Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League on this day in history.   

1374  Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

1417  Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies on December - 01.   

1420  Henry V of England enters Paris on this day in history.   

1455  Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 on December - 01.   

1521  On this day in history leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45   

1530  On December - 01 margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51   

1549  On this day in history johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)   

1566  On this day in history spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva   

1566  Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen on December - 01.   

1573  On December - 01 philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile   

1580  On this day in history edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42   

1605  On December - 01 juan de Padilla, composer   

1623  Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47 on December - 01.   

1626  On this day in history pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out   

1633  Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67 on December - 01.   

1634  On December - 01 john-Erasmus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish painter   

1635  Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51 on December - 01.   

1640  Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule on this day in history.   

1641  Mass becomes first colony to give statutory recognition to slavery on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery   

1651  Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1653  An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes on this day in history.   

1656  On this day in history germany promises Poland aid against Sweden   

1671  Keill, mathematician on this day in history.   

1700  Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53 on December - 01.   

1707  Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies on December - 01.   

1708  Great Alliance occupies Brussels on this day in history.   

1709  Franz Xaver Richter, composer on December - 01.   

1709  On this day in history a Sancta Clara, writer, dies   

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1081  On this day in history birth of louis VI of France (d. 1137)   

1083  Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153) was born on this day in history.   

1521  On December - 01 birth of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)   

1525  On this day in history birth of tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)   

1549  Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history birth of philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen   

1573  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile was born on this day in history.   

1580  Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) was born on December - 01.   

0660  Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies on December - 01.   

1135  On December - 01 henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies   

1241  On December - 01 death of isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)   

1374  On December - 01 magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies   

1377  On December - 01 death of king Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)   

1417  Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1433  On December - 01 death of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)   

1455  Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 on this day in history.