This day in History - September 9

441 Historic Events for September 9
384 Birth Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423)
701 Event St Sergius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1087 Death William I, The Conqueror, King of England/Duke of Normandy, dies
1438 Death Eduard [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)/writer, dies
1488 Death Fran‡ois II of Bretagne, dies
1492 Event Columbus' fleet sets sail west
1513 Event Battle of Flodden Fields; English defeat James IV of Scotland
1513 Death James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513), dies in battle at 40
1556 Event Pope Paul IV refuses to crown Ferdinand of Austria emperor
1561 Event Sermon of Poissy
1567 Event Lomaraal van Egmond and Philip van Hoorne captured
1573 Death Andr‚ de Resende, Portuguese dominican/humanist, dies
1583 Birth Girolamo Frescobaldi, composer
1585 Birth Armand-Jean du Plessicide de Richelieu, premier of France (1624-42)
1591 Event -10] Battle at Flores Azores: Spanish beat English
1618 Birth Joan Cererols, composer
1629 Birth Cornelis Tromp, Dutch lt-adm-gen/son of Maarten Tromp
1646 Birth Zeger B van Espen, Flemish theologist
1664 Birth Johann Christoph Pez, composer
1675 Event New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians
1683 Event Expelled Polish and Lotharings reach Wienerwald
1683 Death Algernon Sidney, English Whig politician/plotter, beheaded
1687 Birth Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer
1695 Birth Joseph Thadd„us Stammel, Austrian sculptor
1713 Death Giovanni A di Bartlommeo Viscardi, Swiss architect, dies