Historical Events In December - 01

0660  On this day in history eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies  

0772  On December - 01 pope Adrian I elected  

0800  Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican on this day in history.  

1135  Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies on December - 01.  

1167  Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League on this day in history.  

1374  On this day in history magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies  

1417  Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies on December - 01.  

1420  Henry V of England enters Paris on this day in history.  

1455  On this day in history lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77  

1521  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45 on December - 01.  

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1530  Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1549  On this day in history johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)  

1566  Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva on this day in history.  

1566  On this day in history philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen  

1573  On December - 01 philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile  

1580  Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42 on this day in history.  

1605  Juan de Padilla, composer on December - 01.  

1623  Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47 on December - 01.  

1626  Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out on December - 01.  

1633  On this day in history isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67  

1634  On December - 01 john-Erasmus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish painter  

1635  Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51 on December - 01.  

1640  Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule on December - 01.  

1641  On this day in history mass becomes first colony to give statutory recognition to slavery  

1641  Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery on December - 01.  

1651  On December - 01 cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65  

1653  On December - 01 an athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes  

1656  Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden on this day in history.  

1671  On this day in history keill, mathematician  

1700  On December - 01 willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53  

1707  Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies on December - 01.  

1708  On this day in history great Alliance occupies Brussels  

1709  On this day in history franz Xaver Richter, composer  

1709  On this day in history a Sancta Clara, writer, dies  

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1081  On December - 01 birth of louis VI of France (d. 1137)  

1083  On December - 01 birth of anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)  

1521  Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.  

1525  Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600) was born on December - 01.  

1549  Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC) was born on this day in history.  

1566  On this day in history birth of philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen  

1573  On this day in history birth of philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile  

1580  On December - 01 birth of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)  

0660  Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1135  Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies on this day in history.  

1241  On December - 01 death of isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)  

1374  Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies on December - 01.  

1377  On this day in history death of king Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)  

1417  Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies on December - 01.  

1433  Death of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) on December - 01.  

1455  On December - 01 lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77