Historical Events In October - 09

1655  Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow on this day in history.   

1663  Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia) on this day in history.   

1668  Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish gov Jose de Paternina on this day in history.   

1701  On October - 09 collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven   

1701  The Collegiate School of Connecticut is chartered in New Haven. It was later renamed to Yale University on this day in history.   

1708  Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy on October - 09.   

1716  On this day in history england & France sign treaty   

1727  Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer on October - 09.   

1740  Neth gov-general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia on this day in history.   

1757  On October - 09 charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed   

1760  On October - 09 russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin [OS=Sep 28]   

1760  Pierre Gaveaux, composer on this day in history.   

1766  Bedrich Divis Weber, composer on this day in history.   

1769  On this day in history marianus Konigsperger, composer, dies at 60   

1771  The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland on this day in history.   

1771  On this day in history frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15)   

1776  Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay on this day in history.   

1776  Spanish missionaries first settle in what is now San Francisco, California on this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer, dies at 49   

1782  On October - 09 lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich)   

1794  On this day in history french troops occupy Hertogenbosch   

1797  On this day in history elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77   

1799  On October - 09 british frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast   

1804  Hobart Tasmania founded on October - 09.   

1806  On this day in history prussia declares war on France.   

1806  On October - 09 benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74   

1813  On October - 09 john Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63)   

1817  University of Gent officially opens on October - 09.   

1818  On October - 09 congress of Aken returns to France from Libya   

1819  Samuel McGowan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 on this day in history.   

1820  On October - 09 guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador   

1821  On this day in history georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer, dies at 68   

1822  On this day in history george Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880   

1823  On this day in history mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers   

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1201  Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris was born on October - 09.   

1221  Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler was born on this day in history.   

1261  Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on this day in history.   

1328  King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on this day in history.   

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on October - 09.   

1586  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)   

1626  On October - 09 birth of john Ferrabosco, composer   

1047  On October - 09 clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005)   

1253  On October - 09 grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78   

1273  On October - 09 death of elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany   

1326  On October - 09 reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies   

1390  On this day in history johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies   

1423  On October - 09 frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies   

1436  On October - 09 jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35   

1555  Death of Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493) on this day in history.