Historical Events In July - 09
Monday, 08 August 2022
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 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 Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria on this day in history.
1401 On July - 09 mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad
1441 Jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies on July - 09.
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 this day in history.
1536 French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada on this day in history.
1540 On this day in history england's King Henry VIII 6-mo marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled
1541 On July - 09 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.
1553 Battle at Sievershausen Solingen: van Saksen beats Alcibiades on July - 09.
1572 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum on July - 09.
1578 On July - 09 ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37)
1589 On this day in history johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist
1595 Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe on this day in history.
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 this day in history ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies
1672 Prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand on July - 09.
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 July - 09.
1696 On July - 09 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 Bonnie Prince Charlies "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1749 Edward Cornwallis c1713-1753 founds new settlement of Halifax founded as naval settlement to counter the French fort at Louisbourg on this day in history.
1755 On July - 09 british Gen E Braddock mortally wounded during French & Indian War
1755 Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British on this day in history.
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