Historical Events In December - 09
Saturday, 18 January 2025
0536 Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten on December - 09.
0656 On this day in history battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion
1165 On December - 09 malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24
1212 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king on December - 09.
1292 On this day in history sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
1315 On this day in history swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)
1392 Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) on December - 09.
1425 On this day in history pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven
1437 On December - 09 sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70
1561 On December - 09 edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony
1565 On December - 09 pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66
1570 Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein on this day in history.
1571 Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect on this day in history.
1581 Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange on December - 09.
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 Netherlands & England sign military treaty on this day in history.
1625 Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on December - 09.
1636 On this day in history giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90
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 December - 09 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 this day in history.
1674 On December - 09 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 this day in history.
1692 On December - 09 william Mountfort, English actor and dramatist
1706 On this day in history pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58
1715 On this day in history georg Gottfried Petri, composer
1717 Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art) on this day in history.
1724 Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London on this day in history.
1728 Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer on this day in history.
1738 Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia on December - 09.
1742 Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid) on December - 09.