Historical Events In December - 09

0536  Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten.   

0656  Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion.   

1165  Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24   

1212  Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king   

1292  Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies.   

1315  Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society).   

1392  Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)   

1425  Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven.   

1437  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70.   

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony   

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

1570  Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein   

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect   

1581  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1594  Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32)   

1608  John Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost).   

1625  Netherlands and England sign military treaty.   

1625  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78   

1636  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.   

1640  Pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)   

1641  Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42.   

1658  Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India   

1669  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies.   

1674  Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65   

1688  King James II's wife and son flee England for France   

1692  William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist.   

1706  Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58   

1715  Georg Gottfried Petri, composer   

1717  Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art).   

1724  Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London   

1728  Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer.   

1738  Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia   

1742  Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid).   

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1392  Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) was born on December - 09.   

1447  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on this day in history.   

1561  On December - 09 birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony   

1569  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice)   

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history birth of martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)   

1579  On December - 09 birth of martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)   

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

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 this day in history sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70   

1544  On this day in history death of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)   

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

1603  Death of William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) 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.