Historical Events In July - 09

1755  On this day in history e Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French & Indian War   

1756  Pieter Langendijk, painter/etcher/playwright, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1764  Ann Ward Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist (Italian) on this day in history.   

1766  On July - 09 english premier Rockingham resigns   

1766  J Schopenhauer, writer on this day in history.   

1776  Dec of Ind read aloud to Gen Washington's troops in NY on this day in history.   

1776  Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops (NY) on this day in history.   

1777  On July - 09 henry Hallam, British lawyer/historian   

1780  On July - 09 denmark declares neutrality   

1790  Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund on July - 09.   

1791  On this day in history third Fleet arrives in Australia from England, HMS Queen bringing first Irish convicts to be transported.   

1791  On July - 09 nicolas Ledesma, composer   

1795  On July - 09 james Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt   

1797  On this day in history edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68   

1800  Mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of first summer theatre in US on July - 09.   

1800  On July - 09 mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theater in US   

1802  Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor on July - 09.   

1803  Navigator Matthew Flinders returns to Sydney after voyage around Australia in the brig Investigator on July - 09.   

1805  Henry John Gauntlett, composer on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, dies at 76   

1807  Treaties of Tilsit signed by Napoleon I and Alexander I on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history frederick Henle, Germany, pathologist   

1810  On July - 09 france annexes Holland following the abdication and flight of Napoleon's brother Louis Bonaparte, who has been king since 1806 but refused to join Napoleon's Continental system   

1810  Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire on this day in history.   

1815  On July - 09 1st natural gas well in US is discovered   

1816  On July - 09 argentina declares independence from Spain   

1816  Argentina, in South America, declares its independence from Spain on this day in history.   

1819  Elias Howe, Spencer Mass, invented sewing machine on July - 09.   

1821  Tommaso Sogner, composer, dies at 58 on July - 09.   

1825  On July - 09 jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters)   

1831  Johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer on July - 09.   

1835  On July - 09 st Etienne-Lyons railway opens in France   

1839  Carl Baermann, composer on July - 09.   

1841  Carl Christian Lumbye, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732)   

1686  Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749) was born on this day in history.   

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

1386  On July - 09 death of leopold III of Austria (b. 1351)   

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

1553  Death of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1696  Waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies on July - 09.