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12/01/0660
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Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies
Type: Death
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12/01/0772
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Pope Adrian I elected
Type: Event
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12/01/1135
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Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies
Type: Death
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12/01/1167
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Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League
Type: Event
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12/01/1374
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Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies
Type: Death
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12/01/1417
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Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies
Type: Death
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12/01/1455
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Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77
Type: Death
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12/01/1515
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Gonzalo Fern ndez de C¢rdoba, [el Gran Capit n], Span gen, dies at 62
Type: Death
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12/01/1521
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Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45
Type: Death
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12/01/1530
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Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51
Type: Death
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12/01/1549
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Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1566
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Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen
Type: Birth
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12/01/1566
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Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva
Type: Event
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12/01/1573
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Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile
Type: Birth
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12/01/1580
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Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42
Type: Death
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12/01/1580
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Giovanni Morone, Italian theologian/diplomat/cardinal, dies at 71
Type: Death
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12/01/1605
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Juan de Padilla, composer
Type: Birth
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12/01/1623
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Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47
Type: Death
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12/01/1626
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Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out
Type: Event
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12/01/1633
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Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67
Type: Death
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12/01/1634
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John-Erasmus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish painter
Type: Birth
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12/01/1635
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Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51
Type: Death
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12/01/1640
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Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
Type: Event
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12/01/1641
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Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery
Type: Event
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12/01/1651
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Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65
Type: Death
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12/01/1653
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An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes
Type: Event
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12/01/1656
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Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden
Type: Event
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12/01/1671
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Francesco Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius
Type: Birth
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12/01/1671
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Keill, mathematician
Type: Birth
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12/01/1700
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Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53
Type: Death
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12/01/1707
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Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies
Type: Death
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12/01/1708
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Great Alliance occupies Brussels
Type: Event
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12/01/1709
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A Sancta Clara, writer, dies
Type: Death
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12/01/1709
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Abraham a Santa Clara, [Johann Megerle], Germ court vicar, dies at 65
Type: Death
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12/01/1709
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Franz Xaver Richter, composer
Type: Birth
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12/01/1712
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Bernhard Christian Weber, composer
Type: Birth
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12/01/1722
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A L Karschin, writer
Type: Birth
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12/01/1724
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Charles Theodoor, elector (Palts and Bayern)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1724
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Dismas Hatas, composer
Type: Birth
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12/01/1726
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Eggert Olafsson, Icelandic writer
Type: Birth
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12/01/1726
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Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Declar of Independence)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1727
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Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer, dies at 61
Type: Death
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12/01/1729
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Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer, dies at 59
Type: Death
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12/01/1729
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Giuseppe Sarti, composer
Type: Birth
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12/01/1736
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Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72
Type: Death
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12/01/1742
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Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia
Type: Event
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12/01/1743
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Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1750
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Doppelmayr, mathematician
Type: Death
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12/01/1750
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1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md
Type: Event
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12/01/1755
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Maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59
Type: Death
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