Historical Events In December - 10

0741  Zacharias becomes Pope on this day in history.  

0949  Herman I, Duke of Swabia on December - 10.  

0969  Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered on this day in history.  

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

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

1294  Pope Coelestinus V becomes Pope (until Dec 13th) on this day in history.  

1490  Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 on December - 10.  

1508  On December - 10 league of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice)  

1520  On this day in history martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demands he recant  

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

1538  On December - 10 giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd)  

1572  On December - 10 cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72  

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 December - 10 william Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59  

1616  On December - 10 diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74  

1618  On this day in history giulio Caccini, Italian composer  

1638  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49 on December - 10.  

1652  On December - 10 sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet  

1665  On this day in history tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies  

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

1672  On December - 10 nY Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between NY & Boston  

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

1684  On this day in history 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.  

1688  On December - 10 king James II flees London  

1690  Mass Bay becomes first American colonial government to borrow money on December - 10.  

1690  Mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money on December - 10.  

1691  On this day in history cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist  

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

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws into Manchester on December - 10.  

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  [Izaak J] Alexander Gogel, Dutch minister of Finance/patriot on December - 10.  

1770  On December - 10 theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80  

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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  On December - 10 birth of giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd)  

1588  Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637) was born on December - 10.  

1679  Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders was born on this day in history.  

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

1741  On December - 10 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1198  Death of Averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126) on this day in history.  

1490  Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 on December - 10.  

1508  On this day in history death of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)  

1524  On this day in history death of henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death  

1572  On December - 10 death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72