Historical Events In December - 09
Monday, 15 September 2025
0536 On this day in history byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten
0656 On this day in history battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion
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 this day in history.
1315 Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society) on December - 09.
1392 Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) on this day in history.
1425 Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven on this day in history.
1437 Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on December - 09.
1561 On this day in history edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony
1565 On December - 09 pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66
1570 Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein on December - 09.
1571 On this day in history adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect
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 Netherlands & England sign military treaty 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 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 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 December - 09.
1658 Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India on December - 09.
1669 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies on December - 09.
1674 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65 on this day in history.
1688 On December - 09 king James II's wife & son flee England for France
1692 William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist on this day in history.
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 Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art) on this day in history.
1724 Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London on December - 09.
1728 On December - 09 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 December - 09.