Historical Events In October - 09

0680  Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom on October - 09.   

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

0869  Charles the Bare crowned king of Lotharingen on this day in history.   

1000  Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" on October - 09.   

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

1003  Leif Erikson lands in L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, becoming the first European to reach America on October - 09.   

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

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

1273  Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany on this day in history.   

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

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

1436  On October - 09 jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35   

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 October - 09.   

1558  Mérida is founded in Venezuela on October - 09.   

1562  On this day in history gabriel Fallopius, Modena Italy, anatomist, dies   

1573  On October - 09 don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar   

1581  On October - 09 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  Turkey & Poland signs Peace of Chotin on this day in history.   

1626  John Ferrabosco, composer on October - 09.   

1635  On October - 09 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 October - 09.   

1646  On this day in history baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies   

1651  English parliament proclaims Navigation Act off on this day in history.   

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

1221  Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler was born on October - 09.   

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 October - 09.   

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on October - 09.   

1586  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)   

1626  On this day in history birth of john Ferrabosco, composer   

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

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

1273  Death of Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany on this day in history.   

1326  Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies on this day in history.   

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

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  Death of Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493) on this day in history.