Historical Events In December - 01

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

0772  On December - 01 pope Adrian I elected  

0800  Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican on December - 01.  

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

1167  On December - 01 northern Italian towns form Lombardi League  

1374  Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.  

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

1420  On this day in history henry V of England enters Paris.  

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

1521  On this day in history 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  On December - 01 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 this day in history philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile  

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

1605  Juan de Padilla, composer on this day in history.  

1623  On December - 01 thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47  

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

1640  Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule on this day in history.  

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

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

1651  Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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 December - 01.  

1671  On this day in history keill, mathematician  

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

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

1708  On December - 01 great Alliance occupies Brussels  

1709  On this day in history franz Xaver Richter, composer  

1709  On December - 01 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  Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.  

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  On December - 01 birth of philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile  

1580  Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) was born on December - 01.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1377  On December - 01 death of king Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)  

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

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

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