Historical Events In October - 09
Saturday, 05 July 2025
0680 Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom on this day in history.
0768 On October - 09 charles the Great & Charlamane II divide French republic
0869 Charles the Bare crowned king of Lotharingen on October - 09.
1000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" on this day in history.
1000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England) on this day in history.
1003 Leif Erikson lands in L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, becoming the first European to reach America on this day in history.
1192 Richard Coeur de Leeuw leaves Jerusalem in disguise on October - 09.
1201 On this day in history robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris
1221 On October - 09 salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler
1238 James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia on October - 09.
1253 On this day in history grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78
1261 On this day in history dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)
1273 Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany on this day in history.
1290 On October - 09 last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves
1326 On this day in history reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies
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 Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on October - 09.
1446 On this day in history korean Hangual alphabet devised
1514 King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII (sister of Henry VIII) on this day in history.
1558 On October - 09 mérida is founded in Venezuela.
1562 On this day in history gabriel Fallopius, Modena Italy, anatomist, dies
1573 Don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar on October - 09.
1581 Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist on October - 09.
1586 On October - 09 jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn
1595 The Spanish army captures Cambrai on October - 09.
1597 On this day in history earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort
1617 Peace of Pavia (Spain & Savoye) on this day in history.
1621 On this day in history 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 On October - 09 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.
1646 On this day in history baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies
1651 English parliament proclaims Navigation Act off on October - 09.
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