Historical Events In October - 09

0680  Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom on this day in history.  

0768  Charles the Great & Charlamane II divide French republic on this day in history.  

0869  Charles the Bare crowned king of Lotharingen on October - 09.  

1000  Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" on this day in history.  

1000  On this day in history leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England)  

1003  On this day in history leif Erikson lands in L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, becoming the first European to reach America.  

1192  On October - 09 richard Coeur de Leeuw leaves Jerusalem in disguise  

1201  Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris on this day in history.  

1221  On this day in history salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler  

1238  On this day in history james I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia.  

1253  On October - 09 grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78  

1261  Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) on October - 09.  

1273  On this day in history elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany  

1290  Last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves on this day in history.  

1326  On this day in history reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies  

1390  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on this day in history.  

1423  On October - 09 frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies  

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on October - 09.  

1446  On this day in history korean Hangual alphabet devised  

1514  On October - 09 king Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII (sister of Henry VIII)  

1558  On this day in history mérida is founded in Venezuela.  

1562  Gabriel Fallopius, Modena Italy, anatomist, dies on this day in history.  

1573  Don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar on October - 09.  

1581  On this day in history claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist  

1586  On this day in history jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn  

1595  On October - 09 the Spanish army captures Cambrai.  

1597  Earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort on October - 09.  

1617  On this day in history peace of Pavia (Spain & Savoye)  

1621  On October - 09 turkey & Poland signs Peace of Chotin  

1626  John Ferrabosco, composer on October - 09.  

1635  On this day in history religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony  

1635  Roger Williams (no relation to the famous country singer some 300 years his junior), is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious views on this day in history.  

1646  Baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies on this day in history.  

1651  On this day in history english parliament proclaims Navigation Act off  

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1201  On this day in history birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris  

1221  On October - 09 birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler  

1261  On October - 09 birth of dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)  

1328  On October - 09 birth of king Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)  

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on this day in history.  

1586  On this day in history birth of jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn  

1586  On October - 09 birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)  

1626  John Ferrabosco, composer was born on October - 09.  

1047  On this day in history clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005)  

1253  On this day in history grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78  

1273  On October - 09 death of elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany  

1326  Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies on October - 09.  

1390  On this day in history johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies  

1423  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on October - 09.  

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

1555  Death of Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493) on October - 09.