Historical Events In October - 09

0680  On this day in history husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom  

0768  On October - 09 charles the Great & Charlamane II divide French republic  

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

1000  On October - 09 leif Ericson discovers "Vinland"  

1000  Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England) on this day in history.  

1003  On October - 09 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  James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia on October - 09.  

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

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

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

1290  On October - 09 last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves  

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  On this day in history frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies  

1436  On this day in history jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35  

1446  Korean Hangual alphabet devised on this day in history.  

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

1558  Mérida is founded in Venezuela on this day in history.  

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

1573  Don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar on this day in history.  

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

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn on this day in history.  

1595  The Spanish army captures Cambrai on October - 09.  

1597  Earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort on October - 09.  

1617  Peace of Pavia (Spain & Savoye) on this day in history.  

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

1626  On this day in history john Ferrabosco, composer  

1635  Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony on October - 09.  

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 October - 09.  

1646  On October - 09 baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies  

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

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1201  Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris was born on October - 09.  

1221  Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler was born on this day in history.  

1261  Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on this day in history.  

1328  King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on this day in history.  

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

1586  On October - 09 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  Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005) on October - 09.  

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on October - 09.  

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 October - 09 johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies  

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

1436  On this day in history jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35  

1555  On October - 09 death of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)