Historical Events In July - 09

0455  On this day in history roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire.   

0711  On this day in history berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupies North Spain   

1228  On this day in history stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1357  On July - 09 charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assists laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.   

1371  On July - 09 pope Gregory XI names Arnold II of Horne as bishop of Utrecht   

1386  On this day in history battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria   

1401  On this day in history mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad   

1441  Jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies on July - 09.   

1513  John van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist on July - 09.   

1517  On this day in history gelderse crowd robber murders population of Asperen   

1535  Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian on this day in history.   

1536  On this day in history french navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada   

1540  On July - 09 england's King Henry VIII 6-mo marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled   

1541  Estevão da Gama departs Massawa, leaving behind 400 matchlock men and 150 slaves under his brother Christovão da Gama, with orders to help the Emperor of Ethiopia defeat Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi who has invaded his Empire on this day in history.   

1553  On July - 09 battle at Sievershausen Solingen: van Saksen beats Alcibiades   

1572  19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum on July - 09.   

1578  On this day in history ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37)   

1589  Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist on this day in history.   

1595  Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe on July - 09.   

1609  On this day in history emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion   

1639  On this day in history entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65   

1654  Ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies on July - 09.   

1672  On this day in history prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand   

1677  Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies on this day in history.   

1686  Germany, Sweden & Spain signs anti-French League of Augsburg on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies   

1716  Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history de' Medici, last Medici-grand duke of Toscane, dies   

1745  On July - 09 bonnie Prince Charlies "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion   

1746  Philip V, French King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1747  Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian opera-composer, dies at 76 on July - 09.   

1749  On this day in history edward Cornwallis c1713-1753 founds new settlement of Halifax founded as naval settlement to counter the French fort at Louisbourg.   

1755  On this day in history british Gen E Braddock mortally wounded during French & Indian War   

1755  On July - 09 battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British   

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1511  Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.   

1513  On this day in history birth of john van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist   

1535  On July - 09 birth of emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian   

1577  On this day in history birth of thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist (d. 1618)   

1578  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37)   

1589  On July - 09 birth of johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist   

1654  On July - 09 birth of emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732)   

1686  Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749) was born on July - 09.   

1228  On July - 09 death of stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1386  Death of Leopold III of Austria (b. 1351) on this day in history.   

1441  On July - 09 jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies   

1553  Death of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521) on July - 09.   

1639  Entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1654  Ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies on this day in history.   

1677  On this day in history angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies   

1696  On this day in history waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies