Historical Events In December - 09
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
0536 On this day in history byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten
0656 On this day in history battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion
1165 Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on this day in history.
1212 On this day in history frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
1292 On this day in history sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
1315 On this day in history swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)
1392 On December - 09 peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)
1425 On this day in history pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven
1437 On this day in history sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70
1561 On this day in history edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony
1565 Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 on December - 09.
1570 On December - 09 geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein
1571 On December - 09 adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect
1581 On this day in history emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange
1594 On this day in history gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32)
1608 John Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost) on this day in history.
1625 On this day in history netherlands & England sign military treaty
1625 Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on December - 09.
1636 Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on this day in history.
1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin on December - 09.
1640 Pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565) on this day in history.
1641 Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42 on December - 09.
1658 On this day in history dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India
1669 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies on this day in history.
1674 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65 on this day in history.
1688 King James II's wife & son flee England for France on this day in history.
1692 William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist on December - 09.
1706 On December - 09 pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58
1715 Georg Gottfried Petri, composer on December - 09.
1717 On December - 09 johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art)
1724 Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London on December - 09.
1728 Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer on December - 09.
1738 Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia on this day in history.
1742 Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid) on December - 09.