Historical Events In December - 09
Sunday, 22 June 2025
0536 Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten on this day in history.
0656 On this day in history battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion
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 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 On December - 09 pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven
1437 Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on December - 09.
1561 On December - 09 edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony
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 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 this day in history john Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost)
1625 Netherlands & England sign military treaty on December - 09.
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.
1640 On December - 09 settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
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 this day in history 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 King James II's wife & son flee England for France on December - 09.
1692 William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist on December - 09.
1706 On this day in history 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 On this day in history colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London
1728 Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer on this day in history.
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.