Historical Events In October - 09

0680  On October - 09 husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom  

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 October - 09.  

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 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 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.  

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

1273  Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany on October - 09.  

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 this day in history 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  Korean Hangual alphabet devised on October - 09.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1573  On October - 09 don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar  

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

1586  On October - 09 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  Peace of Pavia (Spain & Savoye) on October - 09.  

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

1626  John Ferrabosco, composer on October - 09.  

1635  On October - 09 religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony  

1635  On this day in history 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  Baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies on October - 09.  

1651  On October - 09 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 this day in history birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler  

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  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  John Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany on October - 09.  

1326  On October - 09 reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies  

1390  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on October - 09.  

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  

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