Historical Events In December - 01

0660  Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies on December - 01.  

0772  Pope Adrian I elected on December - 01.  

0800  Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican on December - 01.  

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

1167  Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League on December - 01.  

1374  Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies on December - 01.  

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

1420  On this day in history henry V of England enters Paris.  

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

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

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1530  On this day in history margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51  

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

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 this day in history philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile  

1580  On December - 01 edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42  

1605  On December - 01 juan de Padilla, composer  

1623  Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47 on December - 01.  

1626  Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out on December - 01.  

1633  On this day in history isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67  

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  Mass becomes first colony to give statutory recognition to slavery on this day in history.  

1641  On December - 01 mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery  

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

1671  On December - 01 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  Great Alliance occupies Brussels on this day in history.  

1709  Franz Xaver Richter, composer on December - 01.  

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

1521  Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) was born on December - 01.  

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  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile was born on this day in history.  

1580  On this day in history 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  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  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  On this day in history lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77