Page 2: Historical Events In July - 09

1755  E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French & Indian War on this day in history.   

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

1764  Ann Ward Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist (Italian) on this day in history.   

1766  English premier Rockingham resigns on this day in history.   

1766  On this day in history 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  Henry Hallam, British lawyer/historian on July - 09.   

1780  Denmark declares neutrality on this day in history.   

1790  On July - 09 russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund   

1791  Third Fleet arrives in Australia from England, HMS Queen bringing first Irish convicts to be transported on July - 09.   

1791  Nicolas Ledesma, composer on this day in history.   

1795  James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt on July - 09.   

1797  On July - 09 edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68   

1800  On July - 09 mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of first summer theatre in US   

1800  Mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theater in US on this day in history.   

1802  On July - 09 thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor   

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

1805  Henry John Gauntlett, composer on this day in history.   

1805  On July - 09 georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, dies at 76   

1807  Treaties of Tilsit signed by Napoleon I and Alexander I on July - 09.   

1809  On this day in history frederick Henle, Germany, pathologist   

1810  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 on July - 09.   

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

1815  On July - 09 1st natural gas well in US is discovered   

1816  On this day in history argentina declares independence from Spain   

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

1819  Elias Howe, Spencer Mass, invented sewing machine on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history tommaso Sogner, composer, dies at 58   

1825  On this day in history jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters)   

1831  On this day in history johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer   

1835  St Etienne-Lyons railway opens in France on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history carl Baermann, composer   

1841  Carl Christian Lumbye, composer on this day in history.   

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1511  On this day in history 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  Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1654  On this day in history birth of emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732)   

1686  Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749) was born on this day in history.   

1228  On this day in history death of stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1386  On this day in history death of leopold III of Austria (b. 1351)   

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

1553  On July - 09 death of maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)   

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

1654  Ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies on July - 09.   

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.