Page 2: Historical Events In October - 09

1655  Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow on this day in history.   

1663  Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia) on this day in history.   

1668  Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish gov Jose de Paternina on October - 09.   

1701  On this day in history collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven   

1701  The Collegiate School of Connecticut is chartered in New Haven. It was later renamed to Yale University on this day in history.   

1708  Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy on this day in history.   

1716  On October - 09 england & France sign treaty   

1727  On October - 09 johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer   

1740  Neth gov-general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia on October - 09.   

1757  Charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed on this day in history.   

1760  On October - 09 russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin [OS=Sep 28]   

1760  On October - 09 pierre Gaveaux, composer   

1766  Bedrich Divis Weber, composer on this day in history.   

1769  Marianus Konigsperger, composer, dies at 60 on October - 09.   

1771  The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland on October - 09.   

1771  On this day in history frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15)   

1776  On October - 09 mission Dolores founded by SF Bay   

1776  On October - 09 spanish missionaries first settle in what is now San Francisco, California.   

1781  On October - 09 thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer, dies at 49   

1782  On this day in history lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich)   

1794  French troops occupy Hertogenbosch on October - 09.   

1797  Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77 on October - 09.   

1799  On October - 09 british frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast   

1804  Hobart Tasmania founded on this day in history.   

1806  Prussia declares war on France on this day in history.   

1806  Benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74 on October - 09.   

1813  John Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63) on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history university of Gent officially opens   

1818  Congress of Aken returns to France from Libya on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history samuel McGowan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897   

1820  Guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador on October - 09.   

1821  On October - 09 georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer, dies at 68   

1822  George Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers   

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

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

1261  Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on October - 09.   

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 October - 09.   

1586  On this day in history 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  John Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35   

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