On this day: 9 July
Events, births and deaths on 9 July. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
- Deaths · Frank Layden
- Deaths · Ian Blair
10 years ago2016
Nothing recorded for that year.
100 years ago1926
- Births · Ben Roy Mottelson
- Births · Pedro Dellacha
- Births · Mathilde Krim
1000 years ago1026
Nothing recorded for that year.
Events · 29
- 551(Julian date)551 Beirut earthquake — earthquake
- 869(Julian date)869 Jōgan earthquake — earthquake
- 1386Battle of Sempach — 1386 battle between old Switzerland confederation and Habsburg
- 1701Battle of Carpi — 1701 battle
- 1745Battle of Melle — 1745 engagement during the War of the Austrian Succession
- 1755Battle of the Monongahela — 1755 battle of the French and Indian War
- 1790Battle of Svensksund — 1790 naval battle between Sweden and the Russian Empire
- 1807Treaties of Tilsit — peace treaties between Napoleonic France and (a) Russia and (b) Prussia
- 1816Argentina — country in South America
- 18771877 Wimbledon Championship — first staging of the Wimbledon Championships
- 1896Cross of Gold speech — 1896 speech by U.S. politician William Jennings Bryan in support of a bimetallic standard
- 1900Taiyuan Massacre — massacre in Shanxi, China on July 9, 1900
- 1918Great Train Wreck of 1918 — July 9, 1918, in Nashville, Tennessee train wreck
- 1932Constitutionalist Revolution — 1932 civil war in Brazil
- 19371937 Fox vault fire — fire at 20th Century-Fox film storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States
- 1943Allied invasion of Sicily — 1943 military campaign of World War II on the island of Sicily, Italy
- 19561956 Amorgos earthquake — earthquake and tsunami centered near the Greek island of Amorgos
- 1962Starfish Prime — 1962 U.S. nuclear test
- 1977
- 1981Mario — fictional character in the Mario video game franchise
- 19811981 Chengdu-Kunming Railway Train Crash — railway accident in Sichuan, China
- 1982Pan Am Flight 759 — aviation accident
- 1995Navaly church bombing — Air Force attack in Sri Lankan Civil War
- 2002Chairperson of the African Union — position
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup Final — championship match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup
- 2006S7 Airlines Flight 778 — aviation accident
- 2011South Sudan — country in East Africa
- 2011Bersih 2.0 rally — protest
- 2015709 crackdown — Mass arrest of Chinese lawyers and human rights activists
Births · 60
- 1249(Julian date)Emperor Kameyama — Emperor of Japan
- 1578Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor — Holy Roman Emperor
- 1654Emperor Reigen — emperor of Japan
- 1764Ann Radcliffe — English author and pioneer of the Gothic novel (1764–1823)
- 1775Matthew Gregory Lewis — English novelist and dramatist (1775–1818)
- 1809Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle — German physician (1809–1885)
- 1819Elias Howe — American inventor (1819–1867)
- 1834Jan Neruda — Czech poet, theater reviewer, publicist, journalist and writer (1834-1891)
- 1858Franz Boas — German-American anthropologist
- 1879Ottorino Respighi — Italian composer, musicologist and conductor
- 1879Carlos Chagas — Brazilian doctor and scientist (1878–1934)
- 1901Barbara Cartland — English writer and media personality (1901-2000)
- 1911John Archibald Wheeler — American physicist (1911-2008)
- 1914Willi Stoph — German politician (1914–1999)
- 1916Edward Heath — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 (1916–2005)
- 1925Guru Dutt — Indian film director, producer, choreographer and actor (1925–1964)
- 1926Ben Roy Mottelson — Danish-American nuclear physicist (1926–2022)
- 1928Federico Bahamontes — Spanish racing cyclist (1928–2023)
- 1929Hassan II — King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999
- 1932Donald Rumsfeld — American politician and diplomat (1932–2021)
- 1933Oliver Sacks — British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
- 1935Mercedes Sosa — Argentine singer (1935-2009)
- 1935Wim Duisenberg — Dutch politician and economist (1935–2005)
- 1937David Hockney — painter, printmaker, set designer, photographer (1937–2026)
- 1938Brian Dennehy — American actor (1938–2020)
Deaths · 60
- 230(Julian date)Empress Dowager Bian — Cao Wei Empress Dowager (159-230); CBDB ID=135004
- 518Anastasius I — Byzantine Emperor from 491 to 518
- 880(Julian date)Ariwara no Narihira — Japanese writer, courtier and waka poet
- 1228(Julian date)Stephen Langton — English cleric; Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1386(Julian date)Leopold III, Duke of Austria — Co-ruler of Austria, Styria, Carinthia and Tyrol, then sole ruler of Styria, Carinthia and Tyrol
- 1441(Julian date)Jan van Eyck — Flemish painter (c.1390–1441)
- 1553(Julian date)Maurice of Saxony — Duke of Saxony and later Elector of Saxony (1521–1553)
- 1654Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans — King of Bohemia, Hungary, Croatia, and the Romans (1633-1654)
- 1706Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville — French soldier, ship captain, explorer, and founder of Louisiana (1661-1706)
- 1737Gian Gastone de' Medici — last Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671-1737)
- 1746Philip V of Spain — King of Spain from 1700 to 1746 (1683–1746)
- 1747Giovanni Bononcini — Italian composer (1670–1747)
- 1774Anna Morandi Manzolini — Italian artist (1714-1774)
- 1795Henry Seymour Conway — Irish politician; (1721-1795)
- 1797Edmund Burke — Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)
- 1828Gilbert Stuart — American painter (1755–1828)
- 1850Zachary Taylor — president of the United States from 1849 to 1850
- 1850Báb — founder of Bábism and, according to the Baháʼís, predecessor of Baháʼu'lláh
- 1856Amedeo Avogadro — Italian scientist
- 1856James Strang — American Mormon leader (1813–1856)
- 1880Paul Broca — French physician, anatomist and anthropologist (1824-1880)
- 1922Mori Ōgai — Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)
- 1932King Camp Gillette — American entrepreneur (1855–1932)
- 1935Daniel Edward Howard — President of Liberia (1861-1935)
- 1938Benjamin N. Cardozo — United States federal judge (1870-1938)
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