Historical Events In July - 09

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

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

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

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

1371  Pope Gregory XI names Arnold II of Horne as bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1386  Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria on July - 09.   

1401  Mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad on July - 09.   

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

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

1517  Gelderse crowd robber murders population of Asperen on this day in history.   

1535  Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian on July - 09.   

1536  On July - 09 french navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada   

1540  England's King Henry VIII 6-mo marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled on July - 09.   

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 this day in history 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  On July - 09 johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist   

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

1609  Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion on July - 09.   

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

1654  On this day in history ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies   

1672  On July - 09 prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand   

1677  On July - 09 angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies   

1686  On this day in history germany, Sweden & Spain signs anti-French League of Augsburg   

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

1716  Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63 on July - 09.   

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

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion on July - 09.   

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

1747  On July - 09 giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian opera-composer, dies at 76   

1749  Edward Cornwallis c1713-1753 founds new settlement of Halifax founded as naval settlement to counter the French fort at Louisbourg on July - 09.   

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 July - 09 birth of john van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist   

1535  Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian was born on July - 09.   

1577  Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist (d. 1618) was born on July - 09.   

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

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

1654  Emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732) was born on July - 09.   

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

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

1386  Death of Leopold III of Austria (b. 1351) on July - 09.   

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

1654  On this day in history ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies   

1677  On July - 09 angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies   

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