Historical Events In October - 09

1655  On October - 09 swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow   

1663  On this day in history gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia)   

1668  On this day in history mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish gov Jose de Paternina   

1701  Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven on this day in history.   

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

1708  On this day in history battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy   

1716  On October - 09 england & France sign treaty   

1727  Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer on this day in history.   

1740  On October - 09 neth gov-general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia   

1757  Charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed on October - 09.   

1760  Russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin [OS=Sep 28] on this day in history.   

1760  Pierre Gaveaux, composer on this day in history.   

1766  Bedrich Divis Weber, composer on October - 09.   

1769  Marianus Konigsperger, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

1771  On October - 09 frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15)   

1776  Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay on October - 09.   

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

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

1782  Lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich) on October - 09.   

1794  On this day in history french troops occupy Hertogenbosch   

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

1799  British frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast on October - 09.   

1804  On this day in history hobart Tasmania founded   

1806  On this day in history prussia declares war on France.   

1806  On this day in history benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74   

1813  On this day in history john Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63)   

1817  University of Gent officially opens on October - 09.   

1818  On October - 09 congress of Aken returns to France from Libya   

1819  Samuel McGowan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador   

1821  Georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer, dies at 68 on October - 09.   

1822  On this day in history george Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880   

1823  Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers on this day in history.   

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

1221  On this day in history birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler   

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

1328  On October - 09 birth of king Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)   

1581  On October - 09 birth of claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist   

1586  On October - 09 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  Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1390  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on this day in history.   

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 October - 09.   

1555  Death of Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493) on October - 09.