Historical Events In December - 09

0536  Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten on this day in history.  

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 December - 09.  

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

1292  Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on this day in history.  

1315  On this day in history swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)  

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

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

1437  On December - 09 sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70  

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

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

1570  On December - 09 geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein  

1571  On December - 09 adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect  

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

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

1608  On this day in history 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  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  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  Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India on December - 09.  

1669  On this day in history clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies  

1674  On this day in history edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65  

1688  On this day in history king James II's wife & son flee England for France  

1692  William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist on this day in history.  

1706  On December - 09 pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58  

1715  Georg Gottfried Petri, composer on this day in history.  

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

1724  Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London on this day in history.  

1728  On December - 09 pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer  

1738  Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia on this day in history.  

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

1569  Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice) was born on December - 09.  

1571  On this day in history birth of adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect  

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

1579  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)  

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

1165  On this day in history malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24  

1292  Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on this day in history.  

1437  On December - 09 sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70  

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

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

1603  Death of William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) on December - 09.  

1625  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1636  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on December - 09.