1797
KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
was founded on December 9, 1425 by *Pope Martin V's bull Sapientiae immarcessibilis at the request of Duke John IV of Brabant*.
On this day
December 9
Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on December 9 across the 2 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.
2 events
2 centuries
2 countries
1945
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe)
is one of the foundational religious-cultural references of the wider Americas — the December 1531 apparition of the Virgin Mary to the indigenous peasant Juan Diego at Tepeyac Hill is recognized as the foundational event of Mexican Catholic identity and produced the Guadalupe…
Drawn from the Pyflo Atlas — an interactive timeline of 1,601 editorial events reaching back to 2100 BCE, each pin a deep link into a city's full story. Watch history play out on the map →