July 9 Historical Events

The following events took place on July 9. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 57 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 455
  The Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
• 491
  Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theoderic the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric forces Odoacer back into Ravenna.
• 660
  Battle of Hwangsanbeol: Korean forces under general Kim Yu-shin of Silla defeat the army of Baekje at Nonsan (South Korea).
• 869
  A magnitude 8.6 Ms earthquake and subsequent tsunami strikes the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu, Japan.
• 1357
  Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
• 1386
  The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.
• 1540
  King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
• 1572
  Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
• 1609
  Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
• 1701
  War of the Spanish Succession: Austrians defeat France in the Battle of Carpi.
• 1745
  War of the Austrian Succession: French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
• 1755
  French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition: British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat by French and Native American forces.
• 1776
  George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out loud to members of the Continental Army in New York, New York, for the first time.
• 1789
  In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
• 1790
  Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund: In the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.

• 1793
  The Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada and the importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
• 1807
  The Treaties of Tilsit are signed by Napoleon I of France and Alexander I of Russia.
• 1810
  Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
• 1811
  Explorer David Thompson posts a sign at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers (in modern Washington state, US), claiming the land for the United Kingdom.
• 1815
  Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
• 1816
  Argentina declares independence from Spain.
• 1821
  Four hundred seventy prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
• 1850
  U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies; Vice President Millard Fillmore, becomes President upon Taylor’s death.
• 1850
  Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
• 1863
  American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends.
• 1864
  Thomas Briggs, was murdered, the first killing on a British train
• 1868
  The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
• 1875
  Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
• 1877
  The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
• 1896
  William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.