Historical Events In July - 09

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

1756  Pieter Langendijk, painter/etcher/playwright, dies at 72 on July - 09.  

1764  Ann Ward Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist (Italian) on July - 09.  

1766  English premier Rockingham resigns on this day in history.  

1766  On July - 09 j Schopenhauer, writer  

1776  On July - 09 dec of Ind read aloud to Gen Washington's troops in NY  

1776  Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops (NY) on July - 09.  

1777  Henry Hallam, British lawyer/historian on this day in history.  

1780  Denmark declares neutrality on July - 09.  

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

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1791  On July - 09 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  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  Mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of first summer theatre in US on July - 09.  

1800  On this day in history mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theater in US  

1802  Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor on July - 09.  

1803  Navigator Matthew Flinders returns to Sydney after voyage around Australia in the brig Investigator on this day in history.  

1805  On July - 09 henry John Gauntlett, composer  

1805  On this day in history 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  Frederick Henle, Germany, pathologist on July - 09.  

1810  On this day in history 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  On this day in history napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.  

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

1816  Argentina declares independence from Spain on July - 09.  

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

1819  Elias Howe, Spencer Mass, invented sewing machine on July - 09.  

1821  Tommaso Sogner, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1825  Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters) on July - 09.  

1831  On July - 09 johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer  

1835  St Etienne-Lyons railway opens in France on July - 09.  

1839  Carl Baermann, composer on this day in history.  

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  Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian was born on July - 09.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1228  On July - 09 death of stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1677  Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies on July - 09.  

1696  Waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies on July - 09.