Historical Events In December - 09
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
0536 Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten on December - 09.
0656 On December - 09 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 On December - 09 frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
1292 On December - 09 sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
1315 Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society) on this day in history.
1392 On this day in history peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)
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 December - 09.
1570 On December - 09 geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein
1571 On December - 09 adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect
1581 On this day in history emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange
1594 On December - 09 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 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 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 this day in history pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)
1641 Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42 on December - 09.
1658 Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India on this day in history.
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 On December - 09 king James II's wife & son flee England for France
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 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 On December - 09 colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London
1728 On this day in history pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer
1738 Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia on December - 09.
1742 Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid) on this day in history.