On March 9, history records 43 notable events, 174 famous births and 78 deaths, spanning the years 1009 to 1831.
Events on this day include: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. (1009); Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa. (1230).
Notable people born on March 9 include Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1213), Emperor Go-Nijō (1285), Amerigo Vespucci (1454).
Notable figures who died on this day include Alan of Farfa (769), Humbert (bishop of Würzburg) (842), Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (886).
Events on 9 March 43
See all →First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.
The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.
After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine.
The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
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Birthdays on 9 March 174
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Deaths on 9 March 78
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