Historical Events In July - 09

0455  Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire on this day in history.   

0711  Berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupies North Spain on this day in history.   

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

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

1371  Pope Gregory XI names Arnold II of Horne as bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1386  On July - 09 battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria   

1401  Mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad on July - 09.   

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

1535  On this day in history emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian   

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 this day in history.   

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  Battle at Sievershausen Solingen: van Saksen beats Alcibiades on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 July - 09.   

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

1672  Prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand on this day in history.   

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

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

1696  Waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1745  On July - 09 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 July - 09 giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian opera-composer, dies at 76   

1749  Edward Cornwallis c1713-1753 founds new settlement of Halifax founded as naval settlement to counter the French fort at Louisbourg on July - 09.   

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

1755  Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British on this day in history.   

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1511  Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.   

1513  On this day in history 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 July - 09 birth of ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37)   

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  Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749) was born on July - 09.   

1228  Death of Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1639  On this day in history entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65   

1654  On this day in history ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies   

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

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