Historical Events In December - 09

0536  On this day in history byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten   

0656  On December - 09 battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion   

1165  Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on this day in history.   

1212  On this day in history frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king   

1292  Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on this day in history.   

1315  On December - 09 swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)   

1392  Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) on this day in history.   

1425  On this day in history pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven   

1437  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on December - 09.   

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony on December - 09.   

1565  Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1570  Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein on December - 09.   

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect on December - 09.   

1581  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange on this day in history.   

1594  On this day in history gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32)   

1608  John Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost) on this day in history.   

1625  On December - 09 netherlands & England sign military treaty   

1625  On December - 09 ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78   

1636  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on December - 09.   

1640  On December - 09 settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin   

1640  On December - 09 pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)   

1641  On this day in history anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42   

1658  On December - 09 dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India   

1669  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies on December - 09.   

1674  On this day in history edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65   

1688  King James II's wife & son flee England for France on December - 09.   

1692  On this day in history william Mountfort, English actor and dramatist   

1706  On December - 09 pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58   

1715  Georg Gottfried Petri, composer on this day in history.   

1717  On December - 09 johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art)   

1724  Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London on December - 09.   

1728  On December - 09 pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer   

1738  Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia on December - 09.   

1742  Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid) on December - 09.   

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1392  On this day in history birth of peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)   

1447  On December - 09 birth of chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)   

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony was born on this day in history.   

1569  Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice) was born on this day in history.   

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on this day in history.   

1579  On December - 09 birth of martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)   

1579  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)   

1581  On this day in history birth of emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1165  On this day in history malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24   

1292  On December - 09 sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies   

1437  On this day in history sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70   

1544  On this day in history death of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)   

1565  Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1603  Death of William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) on this day in history.   

1625  On this day in history ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78   

1636  On this day in history giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90