On February 9, history records 40 notable events, 194 famous births and 77 deaths, spanning the years 474 to 1861.
Events on this day include: Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. (474); The Northern Han Kingdom is founded by Liu Chong in modern-day Shanxi. (951).
Notable people born on February 9 include Pope Honorius II (1060), Louis of Toulouse (1274), Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1313).
Notable figures who died on this day include Ono no Michikaze (966), Sayf al-Dawla (967), Bernard I, Duke of Saxony (1011).
Events on 9 February 40
See all →American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
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.
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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Deaths on 9 February 77
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