This Day in History
Today: October 9, 2026
768
Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.
1238
James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
1410
The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
1446
The Hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
1594
Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.
1604
Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.
1635
Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
1701
The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.
1708
Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
1740
Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a massacre of the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing at least 10,000.
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