On September 9, history records 55 notable events, 223 famous births and 104 deaths, spanning the years 337 to 1513.
Events on this day include: Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti. (337); A Byzantine army of 15,000 men under Belisarius lands at Caput Vada (modern Tunisia) and marches to Carthage. (533).
Notable people born on September 9 include Aurelian (214), Honorius (emperor) (384), Albert III, Duke of Austria (1349).
Notable figures who died on this day include Adalbert von Babenberg (906), Olaf Tryggvason (1000), William the Conqueror (1087).
Events on 9 September 55
See all →Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.
A Byzantine army of 15,000 men under Belisarius lands at Caput Vada (modern Tunisia) and marches to Carthage.
William Rufus becomes King of England, taking the title William II, (reigned until 1100).
Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.
German warlord Trunda makes a campaign to Karelia to tax karelians but is defeated by Novgorod and the men from Staraya Ladoga.
Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg dukes Albert III and Leopold III.
Anne becomes sovereign Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the union of Brittany and France.
Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
Birthdays on 9 September 223
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Deaths on 9 September 104
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