Historical Events In October - 09
Sunday, 15 December 2019
0680 Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom on October - 09.
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 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" on October - 09.
1000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England) on this day in history.
1003 On this day in history leif Erikson lands in L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, becoming the first European to reach America.
1192 On October - 09 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 this day in history.
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 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 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 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 October - 09.
1558 On October - 09 mérida is founded in Venezuela.
1562 Gabriel Fallopius, Modena Italy, anatomist, dies on this day in history.
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 October - 09 jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn
1595 On October - 09 the Spanish army captures Cambrai.
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 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 On October - 09 baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies
1651 On this day in history english parliament proclaims Navigation Act off