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  On this day in history stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1357  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assists laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague on this day in history.   

1371  Pope Gregory XI names Arnold II of Horne as bishop of Utrecht on July - 09.   

1386  On this day in history battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria   

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

1441  Jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies on July - 09.   

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

1517  Gelderse crowd robber murders population of Asperen on this day in history.   

1535  Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian on July - 09.   

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

1589  Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist on July - 09.   

1595  On July - 09 johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe   

1609  Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion 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 July - 09.   

1672  On July - 09 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  Germany, Sweden & Spain signs anti-French League of Augsburg on July - 09.   

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

1716  Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63 on July - 09.   

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  On July - 09 philip V, French King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46), dies at 62   

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

1755  Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British 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 July - 09 birth of john van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist   

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

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 this day in history birth of johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist   

1654  Emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.   

1686  On July - 09 birth of philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1677  Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies on this day in history.   

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