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 December - 01.  

1135  Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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1530  On December - 01 margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51  

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

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  Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  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  On this day in history cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65  

1653  On December - 01 an athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes  

1656  Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden on this day in history.  

1671  Keill, mathematician on this day in history.  

1700  On this day in history willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53  

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 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 this day in history.  

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

1525  On December - 01 birth of tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)  

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

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

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

1580  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1241  On December - 01 death of isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)  

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

1377  On this day in history death of king Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)  

1417  Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1433  Death of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) on December - 01.  

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