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  On December - 01 charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.  

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

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

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

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

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

1580  Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42 on December - 01.  

1605  On December - 01 juan de Padilla, composer  

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

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

1633  Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1634  John-Erasmus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish painter on this day in history.  

1635  Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1651  Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65 on December - 01.  

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 this day in history keill, mathematician  

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 December - 01 franz Xaver Richter, composer  

1709  On December - 01 a Sancta Clara, writer, dies  

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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  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  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 this day in history.  

1573  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile was born on December - 01.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1377  Death of King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316) on December - 01.  

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  Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 on December - 01.