Events on 9 June 44
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Abbasid Revolution: Abu Muslim Khorasani begins an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which is carried out under the sign of the Black Standard.
Year 1311
Duccio's Maestà, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
Year 1523
French Parliament fines Simon de Colines for publishing the Biblical commentary Commentarii initiatorr in quatuor Evangelia by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples.
Year 1667
Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
Year 1732
James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.
Year 1762
British forces begin the Siege of Havana and capture the city during the Seven Years' War.
Birthdays on 9 June 206
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Deaths on 9 June 83
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