Historical Events In July - 09

1755  E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French & Indian War on July - 09.  

1756  On July - 09 pieter Langendijk, painter/etcher/playwright, dies at 72  

1764  On this day in history ann Ward Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist (Italian)  

1766  English premier Rockingham resigns on this day in history.  

1766  On July - 09 j Schopenhauer, writer  

1776  Dec of Ind read aloud to Gen Washington's troops in NY on this day in history.  

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  Denmark declares neutrality on this day in history.  

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

1791  On this day in history third Fleet arrives in Australia from England, HMS Queen bringing first Irish convicts to be transported.  

1791  On this day in history nicolas Ledesma, composer  

1795  On July - 09 james Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt  

1797  Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 on July - 09.  

1800  Mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of first summer theatre in US on July - 09.  

1800  On July - 09 mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theater in US  

1802  Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor on this day in history.  

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

1805  On this day in history henry John Gauntlett, composer  

1805  Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

1809  On July - 09 frederick Henle, Germany, pathologist  

1810  On July - 09 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  

1810  Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire on July - 09.  

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

1816  Argentina declares independence from Spain on this day in history.  

1816  Argentina, in South America, declares its independence from Spain on July - 09.  

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

1821  On July - 09 tommaso Sogner, composer, dies at 58  

1825  Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters) on this day in history.  

1831  Johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer on July - 09.  

1835  On this day in history st Etienne-Lyons railway opens in France  

1839  On July - 09 carl Baermann, composer  

1841  On July - 09 carl Christian Lumbye, composer  

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

1589  On July - 09 birth of johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist  

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  On July - 09 death of stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1386  Death of Leopold III of Austria (b. 1351) on this day in history.  

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

1553  Death of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521) on this day in history.  

1639  On July - 09 entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65  

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.