Historical Events In December - 09

0536  On this day in history byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten  

0656  Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion on this day in history.  

1165  Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on this day in history.  

1212  Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king on December - 09.  

1292  On this day in history sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies  

1315  On December - 09 swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)  

1392  On this day in history peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)  

1425  On December - 09 pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven  

1437  On this day in history sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70  

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony on this day in history.  

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1565  On this day in history pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66  

1570  Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein on this day in history.  

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect on December - 09.  

1581  On December - 09 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  On December - 09 john Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost)  

1625  On December - 09 netherlands & England sign military treaty  

1625  On December - 09 ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78  

1636  On December - 09 giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90  

1640  Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin on December - 09.  

1640  On December - 09 pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)  

1641  Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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 December - 09.  

1674  On December - 09 edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65  

1688  On December - 09 king James II's wife & son flee England for France  

1692  On this day in history william Mountfort, English actor and dramatist  

1706  On this day in history pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58  

1715  Georg Gottfried Petri, composer on December - 09.  

1717  Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art) on this day in history.  

1724  On December - 09 colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London  

1728  On December - 09 pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer  

1738  Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia on December - 09.  

1742  Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid) on this day in history.  

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1392  Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) was born on this day in history.  

1447  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on December - 09.  

1561  On this day in history birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony  

1569  Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice) was born on this day in history.  

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on December - 09.  

1579  Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.  

1579  On December - 09 birth of martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)  

1581  On December - 09 birth of emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange  

1165  Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on this day in history.  

1292  On this day in history sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies  

1437  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1544  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on this day in history.  

1565  Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 on December - 09.  

1603  Death of William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) on this day in history.  

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.