Historical Events In December - 01

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

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

1167  Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1549  Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC) on December - 01.   

1566  Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva on this day in history.   

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

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

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 December - 01 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  On this day in history 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 December - 01.   

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  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  On December - 01 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  Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1708  Great Alliance occupies Brussels on this day in history.   

1709  Franz Xaver Richter, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1083  On December - 01 birth of anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)   

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

1525  Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600) was born on December - 01.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1241  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 December - 01.   

1455  Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 on December - 01.