Historical Events In October - 09

1655  On this day in history swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow   

1663  Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia) on October - 09.   

1668  Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish gov Jose de Paternina on October - 09.   

1701  On this day in history collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven   

1701  On this day in history the Collegiate School of Connecticut is chartered in New Haven. It was later renamed to Yale University.   

1708  On this day in history battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy   

1716  England & France sign treaty on October - 09.   

1727  Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer on October - 09.   

1740  On October - 09 neth gov-general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia   

1757  On October - 09 charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed   

1760  On this day in history russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin [OS=Sep 28]   

1760  Pierre Gaveaux, composer on October - 09.   

1766  Bedrich Divis Weber, composer on this day in history.   

1769  On October - 09 marianus Konigsperger, composer, dies at 60   

1771  On this day in history the Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland.   

1771  Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15) on October - 09.   

1776  On October - 09 mission Dolores founded by SF Bay   

1776  On October - 09 spanish missionaries first settle in what is now San Francisco, California.   

1781  Thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer, dies at 49 on October - 09.   

1782  Lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich) on October - 09.   

1794  French troops occupy Hertogenbosch on October - 09.   

1797  On October - 09 elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77   

1799  British frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast on this day in history.   

1804  Hobart Tasmania founded on this day in history.   

1806  Prussia declares war on France on October - 09.   

1806  Benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1813  John Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63) on this day in history.   

1817  University of Gent officially opens on October - 09.   

1818  On this day in history congress of Aken returns to France from Libya   

1819  Samuel McGowan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 on October - 09.   

1820  Guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador on this day in history.   

1821  On October - 09 georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer, dies at 68   

1822  George Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 on October - 09.   

1823  On this day in history mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers   

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1201  On October - 09 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)   

1626  On October - 09 birth of john Ferrabosco, composer   

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

1253  On October - 09 grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78   

1273  On October - 09 death of elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany   

1326  Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies on this day in history.   

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 October - 09 jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35   

1555  Death of Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493) on this day in history.