Historical Events In December - 01

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

0772  Pope Adrian I elected on December - 01.   

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

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

1167  On December - 01 northern Italian towns form Lombardi League   

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

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

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

1455  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 December - 01.   

1580  On this day in history edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42   

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 this day in history.   

1634  John-Erasmus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish painter on this day in history.   

1635  Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1640  On this day in history portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule   

1641  On December - 01 mass becomes first colony to give statutory recognition to slavery   

1641  On this day in history mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery   

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

1671  Keill, mathematician on December - 01.   

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  Great Alliance occupies Brussels on this day in history.   

1709  On this day in history franz Xaver Richter, composer   

1709  On December - 01 a Sancta Clara, writer, dies   

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1081  On this day in history birth of louis VI of France (d. 1137)   

1083  On this day in history 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 December - 01.   

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

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

1580  Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) was born on December - 01.   

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

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

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  Death of King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316) on December - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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