Historical Events In December - 09
Monday, 18 March 2024
0536 Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten on December - 09.
0656 Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion on December - 09.
1165 Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on December - 09.
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 Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society) on December - 09.
1392 Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) on December - 09.
1425 Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven on December - 09.
1437 Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1561 Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony on December - 09.
1565 On this day in history pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66
1570 On December - 09 geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein
1571 On this day in history adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect
1581 On December - 09 emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange
1594 Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32) on this day in history.
1608 John Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost) on December - 09.
1625 Netherlands & England sign military treaty on this day in history.
1625 Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on this day in history.
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 this day in history dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India
1669 On December - 09 clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies
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 William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist on this day in history.
1706 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 on December - 09.
1715 On this day in history georg Gottfried Petri, composer
1717 On December - 09 johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art)
1724 Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London on December - 09.
1728 Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer on this day in history.
1738 On this day in history jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia
1742 On December - 09 carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid)