Historical Events In December - 10

0741  On this day in history zacharias becomes Pope   

0949  On this day in history herman I, Duke of Swabia   

0969  On December - 10 nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered   

1041  On this day in history empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.   

1041  Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies on this day in history.   

1294  On this day in history pope Coelestinus V becomes Pope (until Dec 13th)   

1490  Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 on this day in history.   

1508  League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice) on this day in history.   

1520  On this day in history martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demands he recant   

1524  On December - 10 henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death   

1538  Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd) on December - 10.   

1572  On this day in history cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72   

1582  On this day in history france begins use of Gregorian calendar   

1595  On December - 10 reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59   

1603  William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59 on December - 10.   

1616  On this day in history diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74   

1618  On this day in history giulio Caccini, Italian composer   

1638  On this day in history ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49   

1652  On December - 10 sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet   

1665  On this day in history tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies   

1672  New York Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston on this day in history.   

1672  NY Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between NY & Boston on December - 10.   

1679  Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders on this day in history.   

1684  On December - 10 isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley.   

1688  On December - 10 king James II flees London   

1690  On this day in history mass Bay becomes first American colonial government to borrow money   

1690  On December - 10 mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money   

1691  On this day in history cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist   

1741  On December - 10 agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)   

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws into Manchester on December - 10.   

1749  On this day in history gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42   

1764  Louis-Sebastien Lebrun, composer on December - 10.   

1765  On December - 10 [Izaak J] Alexander Gogel, Dutch minister of Finance/patriot   

1770  On December - 10 theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80   

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1394  King James I of Scotland (d. 1437) was born on December - 10.   

1452  On December - 10 birth of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)   

1538  On December - 10 birth of giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd)   

1588  On December - 10 birth of isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)   

1679  Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders was born on December - 10.   

1691  Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist was born on December - 10.   

1741  Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children) was born on this day in history.   

1750  Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799) was born on December - 10.   

0949  On this day in history death of herman I, Duke of Swabia   

0969  On this day in history death of nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered   

1041  Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies on this day in history.   

1198  Death of Averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126) on December - 10.   

1490  On this day in history antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90   

1508  Death of René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451) on this day in history.   

1524  On December - 10 death of henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death   

1572  On December - 10 death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72