Historical Events In October - 09

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

0768  On this day in history charles the Great & Charlamane II divide French republic  

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

1000  On October - 09 leif Ericson discovers "Vinland"  

1000  Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England) on October - 09.  

1003  On this day in history leif Erikson lands in L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, becoming the first European to reach America.  

1192  Richard Coeur de Leeuw leaves Jerusalem in disguise on October - 09.  

1201  Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris on this day in history.  

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

1238  James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia on this day in history.  

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

1261  On this day in history dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)  

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

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

1326  On this day in history reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies  

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

1446  On October - 09 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 this day in history mérida is founded in Venezuela.  

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

1573  On this day in history don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar  

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist on October - 09.  

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  Earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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1201  On October - 09 birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris  

1221  On October - 09 birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler  

1261  On this day in history birth of dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)  

1328  King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on October - 09.  

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on October - 09.  

1586  On this day in history birth of jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn  

1586  Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632) was born on October - 09.  

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

1047  On October - 09 clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005)  

1253  On October - 09 grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78  

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

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

1390  On this day in history johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies  

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

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

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