Historical Events In July - 09

1755  On July - 09 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  On this day in history ann Ward Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist (Italian)   

1766  On this day in history english premier Rockingham resigns   

1766  On this day in history j Schopenhauer, writer   

1776  Dec of Ind read aloud to Gen Washington's troops in NY on July - 09.   

1776  On July - 09 declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops (NY)   

1777  On this day in history henry Hallam, British lawyer/historian   

1780  On this day in history denmark declares neutrality   

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

1791  Third Fleet arrives in Australia from England, HMS Queen bringing first Irish convicts to be transported on July - 09.   

1791  On July - 09 nicolas Ledesma, composer   

1795  On this day in history james Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt   

1797  On July - 09 edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68   

1800  On July - 09 mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of first summer theatre in US   

1800  Mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theater in US on this day in history.   

1802  On this day in history thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor   

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

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

1805  Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, dies at 76 on July - 09.   

1807  On July - 09 treaties of Tilsit signed by Napoleon I and Alexander I.   

1809  Frederick Henle, Germany, pathologist on July - 09.   

1810  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 on this day in history.   

1810  On July - 09 napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.   

1815  1st natural gas well in US is discovered on this day in history.   

1816  Argentina declares independence from Spain on July - 09.   

1816  On this day in history argentina, in South America, declares its independence from Spain   

1819  On July - 09 elias Howe, Spencer Mass, invented sewing machine   

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 this day in history.   

1835  St Etienne-Lyons railway opens in France on July - 09.   

1839  On this day in history carl Baermann, composer   

1841  Carl Christian Lumbye, composer on July - 09.   

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1511  On July - 09 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  On this day in history 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 July - 09 birth of ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37)   

1589  On this day in history birth of johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist   

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

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

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

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

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