Historical Events In December - 01

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

0772  Pope Adrian I elected on this day in history.   

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  On December - 01 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  On this day in history henry V of England enters Paris.   

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

1521  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1530  Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51 on December - 01.   

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  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 December - 01.   

1605  Juan de Padilla, composer on December - 01.   

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

1626  On this day in history pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out   

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  Mass becomes first colony to give statutory recognition to slavery on December - 01.   

1641  On December - 01 mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery   

1651  On this day in history 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  Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden on this day in history.   

1671  On December - 01 keill, mathematician   

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

1707  On this day in history jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies   

1708  On December - 01 great Alliance occupies Brussels   

1709  On this day in history franz Xaver Richter, composer   

1709  A Sancta Clara, writer, dies on December - 01.   

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

1083  On this day in history birth of anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)   

1521  On December - 01 birth of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)   

1525  On this day in history birth of tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)   

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

1566  Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen was born on December - 01.   

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

1580  Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1241  Death of Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214) on December - 01.   

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

1377  Death of King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316) on this day in history.   

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

1433  Death of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) on this day in history.   

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