Historical Events In October - 09

0680  On this day in history husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom   

0768  On this day in history charles the Great & Charlamane II divide French republic   

0869  On October - 09 charles the Bare crowned king of Lotharingen   

1000  On October - 09 leif Ericson discovers "Vinland"   

1000  Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England) on October - 09.   

1003  On October - 09 leif Erikson lands in L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, becoming the first European to reach America.   

1192  Richard Coeur de Leeuw leaves Jerusalem in disguise on October - 09.   

1201  Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris on October - 09.   

1221  On this day in history salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler   

1238  James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia on October - 09.   

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

1261  On October - 09 dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)   

1273  On this day in history elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany   

1290  Last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves on October - 09.   

1326  On October - 09 reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies   

1390  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on October - 09.   

1423  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1436  On this day in history jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35   

1446  Korean Hangual alphabet devised on this day in history.   

1514  On October - 09 king Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII (sister of Henry VIII)   

1558  Mérida is founded in Venezuela on this day in history.   

1562  On October - 09 gabriel Fallopius, Modena Italy, anatomist, dies   

1573  Don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar on this day in history.   

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist on October - 09.   

1586  On October - 09 jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn   

1595  The Spanish army captures Cambrai on this day in history.   

1597  Earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort on this day in history.   

1617  Peace of Pavia (Spain & Savoye) on October - 09.   

1621  Turkey & Poland signs Peace of Chotin on October - 09.   

1626  On this day in history john Ferrabosco, composer   

1635  On this day in history religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony   

1635  Roger Williams (no relation to the famous country singer some 300 years his junior), is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious views on October - 09.   

1646  On October - 09 baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies   

1651  English parliament proclaims Navigation Act off on October - 09.   

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1201  On this day in history birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris   

1221  On October - 09 birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler   

1261  Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on October - 09.   

1328  King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on October - 09.   

1581  On October - 09 birth of claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist   

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on this day in history.   

1586  Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632) was born on October - 09.   

1626  On October - 09 birth of john Ferrabosco, composer   

1047  Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005) on this day in history.   

1253  On this day in history grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78   

1273  Death of Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany on this day in history.   

1326  On October - 09 reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies   

1390  On this day in history johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies   

1423  On this day in history frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies   

1436  On this day in history jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35   

1555  On October - 09 death of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)