April 09 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays
Saturday, 10 October 2026
0093 Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty. 

0193 Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). 

0475 Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position 

0491 Zeno, Byzantine Emperor 

0715 Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies. 

1024 Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies 

1241 Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans. 

1241 Battle of Liegnitz 

1388 Battle of Näfels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army. 

1413 Henry V is crowned King of England 

1440 Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark. 

1454 Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi 

1474 Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians. 

1483 Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England. 

1483 Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38 

1492 Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies 

1538 Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union 

1553 Francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49 

1555 Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II 

1557 Michael Agricola, Finnish theologist/church reformer/bishop, dies 

1609 Spain and Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact 

1611 Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer 

1621 Spain and Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends 

1626 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, statesman, dies 

1627 Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer 

1634 Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau. 

1649 James Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II. 

1667 inaugural ever public art exhibition opens in Paris 

1667 inaugural public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris) 

1667 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris). 

1681 Alfonso Marsh, composer, dies at 54. 

1682 In this year, La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France 

1682 In this year, Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France 

1691 French troops occupy Mons. 

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