Historical Events In July - 09

0455  On July - 09 roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire.   

0711  Berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupies North Spain on this day in history.   

1228  Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury on July - 09.   

1357  On this day in history charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assists laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.   

1371  On this day in history 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  Mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad on this day in history.   

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

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

1517  On July - 09 gelderse crowd robber murders population of Asperen   

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

1536  French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada on July - 09.   

1540  On this day in history 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 July - 09.   

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

1572  On this day in history 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum   

1578  Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37) on July - 09.   

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

1595  On July - 09 johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe   

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

1639  Entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65 on July - 09.   

1654  On July - 09 ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies   

1672  Prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand on July - 09.   

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

1686  Germany, Sweden & Spain signs anti-French League of Augsburg on July - 09.   

1696  Waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies on this day in history.   

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

1737  de' Medici, last Medici-grand duke of Toscane, dies on July - 09.   

1745  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlies "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion   

1746  On July - 09 philip V, French King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46), dies at 62   

1747  Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian opera-composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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  British Gen E Braddock mortally wounded during French & Indian War on July - 09.   

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

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1511  On this day in history birth of dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1571)   

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

1535  On this day in history birth of emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian   

1577  On July - 09 birth of thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist (d. 1618)   

1578  Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37) was born on July - 09.   

1589  Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist was born on July - 09.   

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

1686  On this day in history birth of philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)   

1228  Death of Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1386  On this day in history death of leopold III of Austria (b. 1351)   

1441  On this day in history jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies   

1553  On July - 09 death of maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)   

1639  On July - 09 entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65   

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

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

1696  On July - 09 waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies