Historical Events In December - 01

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

0772  Pope Adrian I elected on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 01.   

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 December - 01.   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 December - 01 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 this day in history germany promises Poland aid against Sweden   

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 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  Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  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  Death of King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316) on this day in history.   

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

1433  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)   

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