Events on 9 February 40
See all →Year 1775
American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
Year 1825
After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as President of the United States.
Year 1861
American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
Birthdays on 9 February 194
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Pope Honorius II
b. 1060 – d. 1130
Pope Honorius II (b. 1060)
Louis of Toulouse
b. 1274 – d. 1297
Louis of Toulouse, French bishop and saint (b. 1274)
Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile
b. 1313 – d. 1357
Maria of Portugal, Portuguese infanta (d. 1357)
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Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol
b. 1344 – d. 1363
Meinhard III, count of Tyrol (d. 1363)
Ali-Shir Nava'i
b. 1441 – d. 1501
Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkish poet, linguist, and painter (d. 1501)
Shimazu Yoshihisa
b. 1533 – d. 1611
Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyo (d. 1611)
Johannes Meursius
b. 1579 – d. 1639
Johannes Meursius, Dutch historian and scholar (b. 1579)
Procopio Cutò
b. 1651 – d. 1727
Procopio Cutò, French entrepreneur (d. 1727)
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
b. 1666 – d. 1737
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish field marshal (d. 1737)
Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla
b. 1711 – d. 1762
Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla Spanish sailor and commander (b. 1711)
Thomas Paine
b. 1737 – d. 1809
Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (b. 1737)
Henri-Joseph Rigel
b. 1741 – d. 1799
Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer (d. 1799)
Deaths on 9 February 77
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Ono no Michikaze
d. 966 (b. 894)
Ono no Michikaze, Japanese calligrapher (b. 894)
Sayf al-Dawla
d. 967 (b. 916)
Sayf al-Dawla, emir of Aleppo (b. 916)
Bernard I, Duke of Saxony
d. 1011
Bernard I, Duke of Saxony
Yang Yanzhao
d. 1014
Yang Yanzhao, Chinese general
Emperor Taizong of Jin
d. 1135 (b. 1075)
Tai Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1075)
Minamoto no Yoritomo
d. 1199 (b. 1147)
Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)
Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine
d. 1251
Matthias II, duke of Lorraine
William I, Margrave of Meissen
d. 1407 (b. 1343)
William I, margrave of Meissen (b. 1343)
Agnès Sorel
d. 1450 (b. 1421)
Agnès Sorel, French mistress of Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
John Hooper (bishop)
d. 1555 (b. 1495)
John Hooper, English bishop and martyr (b. 1495)
Rowland Taylor
d. 1555 (b. 1510)
Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (d. 1555)
Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz
d. 1588 (b. 1526)
Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (b. 1526)