Historical Events In April - 09
Sunday, 15 February 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 ends his reign as Catholic Pope 

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. 

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