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 July - 09 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  Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria on this day in history.  

1401  Mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad on this day in history.  

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

1513  John van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist on this day in history.  

1517  On this day in history gelderse crowd robber murders population of Asperen  

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  England's King Henry VIII 6-mo marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled on July - 09.  

1541  On this day in history 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  On July - 09 battle at Sievershausen Solingen: van Saksen beats Alcibiades  

1572  On July - 09 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum  

1578  On July - 09 ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37)  

1589  Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist on this day in history.  

1595  On this day in history johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe  

1609  On this day in history emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion  

1639  On this day in history 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  Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies on this day in history.  

1686  On July - 09 germany, Sweden & Spain signs anti-French League of Augsburg  

1696  On this day in history waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies  

1716  On this day in history joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63  

1737  de' Medici, last Medici-grand duke of Toscane, dies on July - 09.  

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

1755  Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British 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  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  On this day in history birth of thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist (d. 1618)  

1578  Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37) was born on July - 09.  

1589  Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist was born on this day in history.  

1654  On July - 09 birth of emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732)  

1686  On this day in history birth of philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)  

1228  Death of Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury on July - 09.  

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

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

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

1639  Entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

1677  On this day in history angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies  

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