Historical Events In December - 01

0660  On this day in history eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies  

0772  On this day in history pope Adrian I elected  

0800  Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican on this day in history.  

1135  On this day in history henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies  

1167  On December - 01 northern Italian towns form Lombardi League  

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

1417  On December - 01 walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies  

1420  On December - 01 henry V of England enters Paris.  

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

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 December - 01.  

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

1573  On December - 01 philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile  

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

1605  Juan de Padilla, composer on December - 01.  

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

1626  Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out on this day in history.  

1633  On this day in history 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  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  Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65 on December - 01.  

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  On December - 01 germany promises Poland aid against Sweden  

1671  On this day in history keill, mathematician  

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 December - 01.  

1709  Franz Xaver Richter, composer on December - 01.  

1709  A Sancta Clara, writer, dies on this day in history.  

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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 December - 01.  

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  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 December - 01 birth of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)  

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 this day in history.  

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 December - 01.  

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 December - 01.  

1433  On December - 01 death of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)  

1455  On December - 01 lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77