Historical Events In October - 09
Saturday, 08 February 2025
0680 Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom on October - 09.
0768 Charles the Great & Charlamane II divide French republic on this day in history.
0869 On October - 09 charles the Bare crowned king of Lotharingen
1000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" on this day in history.
1000 On October - 09 leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England)
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 this day in history.
1201 On this day in history robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris
1221 Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler on October - 09.
1238 James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia on this day in history.
1253 Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on October - 09.
1261 On this day in history 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 Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies on October - 09.
1390 On this day in history johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies
1423 Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on October - 09.
1436 On October - 09 jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35
1446 Korean Hangual alphabet devised on this day in history.
1514 King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII (sister of Henry VIII) on this day in history.
1558 Mérida is founded in Venezuela on October - 09.
1562 Gabriel Fallopius, Modena Italy, anatomist, dies on October - 09.
1573 On this day in history don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar
1581 On this day in history claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist
1586 Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn on this day in history.
1595 On this day in history the Spanish army captures Cambrai.
1597 On October - 09 earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort
1617 On this day in history peace of Pavia (Spain & Savoye)
1621 Turkey & Poland signs Peace of Chotin on October - 09.
1626 On October - 09 john Ferrabosco, composer
1635 Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony on October - 09.
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 this day in history.
1646 Baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies on October - 09.
1651 English parliament proclaims Navigation Act off on this day in history.
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