Historical Events In December - 10

0741  On this day in history zacharias becomes Pope  

0949  Herman I, Duke of Swabia on this day in history.  

0969  Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered on December - 10.  

1041  On December - 10 empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.  

1041  Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies on this day in history.  

1294  On this day in history pope Coelestinus V becomes Pope (until Dec 13th)  

1490  On this day in history antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90  

1508  League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice) on December - 10.  

1520  Martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demands he recant on this day in history.  

1524  On December - 10 henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death  

1538  Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd) on this day in history.  

1572  Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72 on December - 10.  

1582  On December - 10 france begins use of Gregorian calendar  

1595  Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59 on December - 10.  

1603  On this day in history william Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59  

1616  Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74 on December - 10.  

1618  On December - 10 giulio Caccini, Italian composer  

1638  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1652  Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet on December - 10.  

1665  On December - 10 tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies  

1672  On this day in history new York Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston  

1672  NY Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between NY & Boston on December - 10.  

1679  On this day in history willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders  

1684  Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley on this day in history.  

1688  King James II flees London on December - 10.  

1690  On December - 10 mass Bay becomes first American colonial government to borrow money  

1690  On December - 10 mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money  

1691  On December - 10 cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist  

1741  On this day in history agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)  

1745  On December - 10 bonnie Prince Charlies army draws into Manchester  

1749  On December - 10 gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42  

1764  Louis-Sebastien Lebrun, composer on this day in history.  

1765  On this day in history [Izaak J] Alexander Gogel, Dutch minister of Finance/patriot  

1770  Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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1394  On this day in history birth of king James I of Scotland (d. 1437)  

1452  Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.  

1538  Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd) was born on this day in history.  

1588  Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.  

1679  On this day in history birth of willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders  

1691  Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.  

1741  On this day in history birth of agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)  

1750  Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799) was born on December - 10.  

0949  On December - 10 death of herman I, Duke of Swabia  

0969  On this day in history death of nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered  

1041  On December - 10 michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies  

1198  On December - 10 death of averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)  

1490  On December - 10 antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90  

1508  Death of René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451) on December - 10.  

1524  Death of Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death on this day in history.  

1572  On this day in history death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72