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