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 December - 09.  

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  Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on December - 09.  

1315  Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society) on December - 09.  

1392  Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) on December - 09.  

1425  Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven on December - 09.  

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

1561  On December - 09 edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony  

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

1570  On this day in history geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein  

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

1581  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange on December - 09.  

1594  On December - 09 gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32)  

1608  John Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost) on December - 09.  

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

1640  On this day in history settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin  

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 this day in history.  

1658  Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India on December - 09.  

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 December - 09.  

1688  King James II's wife & son flee England for France on this day in history.  

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  On December - 09 georg Gottfried Petri, composer  

1717  On December - 09 johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art)  

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

1728  On this day in history pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer  

1738  On this day in history jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia  

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 this day in history.  

1561  On December - 09 birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony  

1569  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice)  

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on this day in history.  

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

1579  Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.  

1581  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.  

1165  Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on December - 09.  

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

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

1544  On December - 09 death of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)  

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

1603  On this day in history death of william Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)  

1625  On this day in history ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78  

1636  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on this day in history.