Historical Events In October - 09
Thursday, 10 July 2025
0680 On October - 09 husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom
0768 Charles the Great & Charlamane II divide French republic on October - 09.
0869 On October - 09 charles the Bare crowned king of Lotharingen
1000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" on this day in history.
1000 On October - 09 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 this day in history.
1192 On this day in history richard Coeur de Leeuw leaves Jerusalem in disguise
1201 Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris on this day in history.
1221 Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler on October - 09.
1238 James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia on October - 09.
1253 Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1261 Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) on October - 09.
1273 On October - 09 elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany
1290 On this day in history last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves
1326 On October - 09 reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies
1390 On October - 09 johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies
1423 On October - 09 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 On this day in history korean Hangual alphabet devised
1514 On this day in history 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 October - 09.
1573 On this day in history don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar
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 The Spanish army captures Cambrai on this day in history.
1597 On October - 09 earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort
1617 On this day in history peace of Pavia (Spain & Savoye)
1621 Turkey & Poland signs Peace of Chotin on October - 09.
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 this day in history.
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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