Historical Events In December - 01
Saturday, 03 January 2026
0660 Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies on December - 01. 

0772 Pope Adrian I elected on December - 01. 

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 December - 01. 

1167 On this day in history northern Italian towns form Lombardi League 

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

1417 Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies on December - 01. 

1420 Henry V of England enters Paris on this day in history. 

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

1521 Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45 on this day in history. 

1530 Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51 on this day in history. 

1549 On December - 01 johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC) 

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

1566 Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen on December - 01. 

1573 On this day in history 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 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 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 Mass becomes first colony to give statutory recognition to slavery on December - 01. 

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 December - 01. 

1656 On December - 01 germany promises Poland aid against Sweden 

1671 Keill, mathematician on this day in history. 

1700 On December - 01 willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53 

1707 Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies on December - 01. 

1708 On December - 01 great Alliance occupies Brussels 

1709 Franz Xaver Richter, composer on December - 01. 

1709 A Sancta Clara, writer, dies on December - 01. 

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