Historical Events In July - 09

0455  Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire on July - 09.  

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  On July - 09 pope Gregory XI names Arnold II of Horne as bishop of Utrecht  

1386  On July - 09 battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria  

1401  On July - 09 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 July - 09.  

1535  Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian on this day in history.  

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 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  Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe on this day in history.  

1609  Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1737  On this day in history de' Medici, last Medici-grand duke of Toscane, dies  

1745  On July - 09 bonnie Prince Charlies "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion  

1746  Philip V, French King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46), dies at 62 on July - 09.  

1747  On this day in history giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian opera-composer, dies at 76  

1749  On this day in history edward Cornwallis c1713-1753 founds new settlement of Halifax founded as naval settlement to counter the French fort at Louisbourg.  

1755  On this day in history 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 July - 09 birth of dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1571)  

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

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

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  On July - 09 birth of philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)  

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

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

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

1553  On this day in history death of maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)  

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