Events on 9 December 58
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Odoacer, first King of Italy, occupies Dalmatia. He later establishes his political power with the co-operation of the Roman Senate.
Year 536
Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flee the capital.
Year 730
Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, Al-Jarrah Ibn Abdallah Al-Hakami.
Year 1688
Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing flight of James II from the country.
Year 1775
American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
Year 1793
New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
Year 1824
Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
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