Historical Events In December - 09
Friday, 26 July 2024
0536 Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten on this day in history.
0656 On this day in history battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion
1165 On this day in history malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24
1212 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king on this day in history.
1292 On December - 09 sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
1315 On December - 09 swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)
1392 On December - 09 peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)
1425 Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven on December - 09.
1437 On this day in history sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70
1561 Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony on this day in history.
1565 Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 on December - 09.
1570 Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein on this day in history.
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 December - 09 gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32)
1608 On December - 09 john Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost)
1625 Netherlands & England sign military treaty on December - 09.
1625 On this day in history ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78
1636 Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on this day in history.
1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin on December - 09.
1640 Pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565) on December - 09.
1641 Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42 on this day in history.
1658 Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India on this day in history.
1669 On this day in history clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies
1674 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65 on December - 09.
1688 On December - 09 king James II's wife & son flee England for France
1692 William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist on December - 09.
1706 On this day in history pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58
1715 On December - 09 georg Gottfried Petri, composer
1717 On December - 09 johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art)
1724 On December - 09 colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London
1728 Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer on this day in history.
1738 Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia on this day in history.
1742 On this day in history carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid)