Historical Events In December - 01

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

0772  On December - 01 pope Adrian I elected  

0800  On this day in history 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  Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  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  On December - 01 spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva  

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

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

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

1605  Juan de Padilla, composer on December - 01.  

1623  On this day in history thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47  

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

1633  Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67 on December - 01.  

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

1635  On this day in history melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51  

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

1641  On December - 01 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 this day in history cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65  

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

1656  On this day in history germany promises Poland aid against Sweden  

1671  Keill, mathematician on December - 01.  

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

1707  On December - 01 jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies  

1708  On December - 01 great Alliance occupies Brussels  

1709  On December - 01 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  On December - 01 birth of johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)  

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

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)  

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

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

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