Historical Events In December - 09
Wednesday, 02 July 2025
0536 On December - 09 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 December - 09.
1212 On this day in history frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
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 On this day in history peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)
1425 Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven on December - 09.
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 this day in history.
1570 Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein on December - 09.
1571 Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect on this day in history.
1581 Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange on this day in history.
1594 Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32) on this day in history.
1608 On December - 09 john Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost)
1625 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 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 December - 09.
1692 On December - 09 william Mountfort, English actor and dramatist
1706 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 on December - 09.
1715 On this day in history georg Gottfried Petri, composer
1717 Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art) on this day in history.
1724 On this day in history colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London
1728 Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer on December - 09.
1738 On this day in history jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia
1742 On this day in history carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid)