Historical Events In October - 09

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

0768  On October - 09 charles the Great & Charlamane II divide French republic  

0869  On this day in history 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  On this day in history leif Erikson lands in L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, becoming the first European to reach America.  

1192  On this day in history richard Coeur de Leeuw leaves Jerusalem in disguise  

1201  Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris on October - 09.  

1221  On October - 09 salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler  

1238  On this day in history james I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia.  

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

1261  On October - 09 dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)  

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 October - 09 johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies  

1423  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1558  Mérida is founded in Venezuela on October - 09.  

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

1573  Don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar on October - 09.  

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

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn on this day in history.  

1595  The Spanish army captures Cambrai on this day in history.  

1597  On this day in history earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort  

1617  Peace of Pavia (Spain & Savoye) on October - 09.  

1621  Turkey & Poland signs Peace of Chotin on this day in history.  

1626  On October - 09 john Ferrabosco, composer  

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 October - 09 baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies  

1651  On October - 09 english parliament proclaims Navigation Act off  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.