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  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 July - 09.  

1401  On this day in history mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad  

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

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

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

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

1536  French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada on this day in history.  

1540  England's King Henry VIII 6-mo marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1572  On July - 09 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 July - 09.  

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

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

1672  On this day in history prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand  

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  On this day in history waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1747  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1755  On July - 09 british Gen E Braddock mortally wounded during French & Indian War  

1755  On this day in history 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  John van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist was born on this day in history.  

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 July - 09.  

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 this day in history.  

1553  Death of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521) on July - 09.  

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

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

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

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