Historical Events In December - 01

0660  Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies on December - 01.   

0772  On this day in history pope Adrian I elected   

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

1135  On December - 01 henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies   

1167  On this day in history northern Italian towns form Lombardi League   

1374  On December - 01 magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies   

1417  On this day in history walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies   

1420  Henry V of England enters Paris on December - 01.   

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

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

1530  On this day in history margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51   

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

1566  Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva on December - 01.   

1566  Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen on this day in history.   

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

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

1605  On December - 01 juan de Padilla, composer   

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

1626  Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out on this day in history.   

1633  On December - 01 isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67   

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

1635  On December - 01 melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51   

1640  On December - 01 portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule   

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

1641  On this day in history mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery   

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

1653  An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes on this day in history.   

1656  On December - 01 germany promises Poland aid against Sweden   

1671  Keill, mathematician on December - 01.   

1700  Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53 on this day in history.   

1707  On December - 01 jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies   

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  Louis VI of France (d. 1137) was born on December - 01.   

1083  Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153) was born on December - 01.   

1521  On this day in history birth of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)   

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 December - 01.   

1566  On December - 01 birth of philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen   

1573  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile was born on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history birth of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)   

0660  On December - 01 eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies   

1135  On this day in history henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies   

1241  Death of Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214) on this day in history.   

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  On December - 01 walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies   

1433  On December - 01 death of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)   

1455  Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 on this day in history.