Historical Events In October - 09

0680  Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom on October - 09.  

0768  Charles the Great & Charlamane II divide French republic on this day in history.  

0869  On this day in history charles the Bare crowned king of Lotharingen  

1000  Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" on October - 09.  

1000  Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England) on this day in history.  

1003  Leif Erikson lands in L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, becoming the first European to reach America on October - 09.  

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

1201  On this day in history robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris  

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 October - 09.  

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 this day in history 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  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on October - 09.  

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

1446  Korean Hangual alphabet devised on this day in history.  

1514  On October - 09 king Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII (sister of Henry VIII)  

1558  Mérida is founded in Venezuela on this day in history.  

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 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  Earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort on this day in history.  

1617  On this day in history peace of Pavia (Spain & Savoye)  

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

1626  On this day in history john Ferrabosco, composer  

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

1651  On this day in history english parliament proclaims Navigation Act off  

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

1328  On this day in history 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 October - 09 birth of jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn  

1586  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)  

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

1047  On this day in history clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005)  

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

1273  Death of Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany on this day in history.  

1326  On October - 09 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 this day in history frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies  

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on October - 09.  

1555  Death of Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493) on this day in history.