Historical Events In December - 09
Friday, 17 October 2025
0536 Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten on December - 09.
0656 Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion on December - 09.
1165 On this day in history malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24
1212 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king on this day in history.
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 December - 09 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 December - 09.
1565 Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 on December - 09.
1570 On this day in history 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 Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32) on December - 09.
1608 On this day in history john Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost)
1625 Netherlands & England sign military treaty on December - 09.
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 On December - 09 pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)
1641 On this day in history anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42
1658 Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India on December - 09.
1669 On December - 09 clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies
1674 On December - 09 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 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 on December - 09.
1715 Georg Gottfried Petri, composer on December - 09.
1717 Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art) on December - 09.
1724 On this day in history colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London
1728 On this day in history pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer
1738 Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia on this day in history.
1742 On this day in history carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid)