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1392  On December - 09 birth of peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)  

1447  On this day in history birth of chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)  

1561  On December - 09 birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony  

1569  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice)  

1571  On December - 09 birth of adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect  

1579  Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.  

1579  Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.  

1581  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.  

1165  Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on December - 09.  

1292  On December - 09 sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies  

1437  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on December - 09.  

1544  On December - 09 death of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)  

1565  On December - 09 pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66  

1603  On December - 09 death of william Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)  

1625  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on December - 09.  

1636  On this day in history giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90