📅 Today in HistoryOctober 9

Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.

James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia.

The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.

Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.

Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.

Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.

The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a massacre of the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing at least 10,000.

Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.