On July 9, history records 53 notable events, 183 famous births and 85 deaths, spanning the years 455 to 1609.
Events on this day include: The military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. (455); Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theoderic the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric... (491).
Notable people born on July 9 include Emperor Kameyama (1249), Frederick IV of Baden (1455), Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511).
Notable figures who died on this day include Empress Dowager Bian (230), Anastasius I Dicorus (518), Prince Naga (715).
Events on 9 July 53
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Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theoderic the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric forces Odoacer back into Ravenna.
Year 660
Korean forces under general Kim Yu-sin of Silla defeat the army of Baekje in the Battle of Hwangsanbeol.
Year 869
The 8.4-9.0 Mw Sanriku earthquake strikes the area around Sendai in northern Honshu, Japan. Inundation from the tsunami extended several kilometers inland.
Year 1357
Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
Year 1386
The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.
Year 1401
Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane (Timur) destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000.
Year 1540
King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
Year 1572
Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
Year 1609
Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
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Birthdays on 9 July 183
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Deaths on 9 July 85
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