Historical Events In December - 01

0660  Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies on this day in history.  

0772  On this day in history pope Adrian I elected  

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

1135  Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies on December - 01.  

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  On December - 01 henry V of England enters Paris.  

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

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

1530  On this day in history margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51  

1549  Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC) on December - 01.  

1566  Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva on December - 01.  

1566  On December - 01 philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen  

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

1580  Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42 on this day in history.  

1605  On December - 01 juan de Padilla, composer  

1623  On December - 01 thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47  

1626  Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out on December - 01.  

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

1634  John-Erasmus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish painter on December - 01.  

1635  On this day in history melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51  

1640  Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule on December - 01.  

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

1641  Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1671  On December - 01 keill, mathematician  

1700  Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53 on this day in history.  

1707  Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1708  Great Alliance occupies Brussels on December - 01.  

1709  Franz Xaver Richter, composer on December - 01.  

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

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1081  Louis VI of France (d. 1137) was born on December - 01.  

1083  On December - 01 birth of anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)  

1521  Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) was born on December - 01.  

1525  On December - 01 birth of tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)  

1549  On December - 01 birth of johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)  

1566  On December - 01 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 this day in history.  

1135  Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies on December - 01.  

1241  Death of Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214) on December - 01.  

1374  Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies on December - 01.  

1377  On this day in history death of king Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)  

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

1433  Death of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) on this day in history.  

1455  On this day in history lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77