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April 9th, 2007 (April 09 2007) | Death | Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and writer (born in 1930) | Philo Quotes |
April 9th, 2006 (April 09 2006) | Death | Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and official (born in 1916) | |
April 9th, 2006 (April 09 2006) | Death | Vilgot Sjoman, Swedish writer and film director (born in 1924) | |
April 9th, 2005 (April 09 2005) | Event | His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles. | |
April 9th, 2003 (April 09 2003) | Event | 2003 invasion of Iraq: Baghdad falls to American forces. | |
April 9th, 2002 (April 09 2002) | Event | The funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at Westminster Abbey. | the Queen Mother Elizabeth Quotes |
April 9th, 2002 (April 09 2002) | Death | Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (born in 1891) | |
April 9th, 2002 (April 09 2002) | Death | Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (born in 1926) | |
April 9th, 2001 (April 09 2001) | Death | Willie Stargell, American baseball player (born in 1940) | |
April 9th, 1999 (April 09 1999) | Event | Ibrahim Bare Mainassara, President of Niger, is assassinated. | |
April 9th, 1999 (April 09 1999) | Death | Ibrahim Bare Mainassara, Niger politician and general (born in 1949) | |
April 9th, 1998 (April 09 1998) | Birth | Elle Fanning, American Actress | |
April 9th, 1998 (April 09 1998) | Death | Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (born in 1953) | |
April 9th, 1997 (April 09 1997) | Death | Helene Hanff, American writer (born in 1916) | |
April 9th, 1997 (April 09 1997) | Death | Mae Boren Axton, American singer and songwriter (born in 1914) | |
April 9th, 1996 (April 09 1996) | Death | Richard Condon, American novelist (born in 1915) | |
April 9th, 1996 (April 09 1996) | Death | James W. Rouse, American real estate developer, activist, and philanthropist (born in 1914) | |
April 9th, 1993 (April 09 1993) | Death | Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty | |
April 9th, 1992 (April 09 1992) | Event | A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison. | |
April 9th, 1992 (April 09 1992) | Event | John Major s Conservative Party wins an unprecedented fourth general election victory in the United Kingdom. | John Major Quotes |
April 9th, 1991 (April 09 1991) | Event | Georgia declares its independence from the Soviet Union. | |
April 9th, 1991 (April 09 1991) | Death | Martin Hannett, record producer (born in 1948) | |
April 9th, 1990 (April 09 1990) | Birth | Kristen Stewart, American actress | |
April 9th, 1988 (April 09 1988) | Death | Brook Benton, American singer (born in 1931) | |
April 9th, 1988 (April 09 1988) | Death | David Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (born in 1937) | |
April 9th, 1987 (April 09 1987) | Birth | Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer | |
April 9th, 1987 (April 09 1987) | Birth | Jarrod Mullen, Australian rugby league footballer | |
April 9th, 1986 (April 09 1986) | Birth | Brian Larsen, American musician and record producer | |
April 9th, 1986 (April 09 1986) | Birth | Leighton Meester, American actress | |
April 9th, 1985 (April 09 1985) | Birth | Yamashita Tomohisa, Japanese singer News | |
April 9th, 1984 (April 09 1984) | Birth | Linda Chung, Hong Kong actress and singer | |
April 9th, 1984 (April 09 1984) | Birth | Adam Loewen, Canadian baseball player | |
April 9th, 1982 (April 09 1982) | Birth | Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor | |
April 9th, 1982 (April 09 1982) | Birth | Carlos Hernandez, Costa Rican footballer | |
April 9th, 1982 (April 09 1982) | Death | Wilfrid Pelletier, French Canadian conductor (born in 1896) | |
April 9th, 1981 (April 09 1981) | Birth | Milan Bartovic, Slovak ice hockey player | |
April 9th, 1981 (April 09 1981) | Birth | Eric Harris, Columbine High School shooter (died in 1999) | |
April 9th, 1981 (April 09 1981) | Birth | Ireneusz Jelen, Polish footballer | |
April 9th, 1981 (April 09 1981) | Birth | Dennis Sarfate, American baseball player | |
April 9th, 1980 (April 09 1980) | Birth | Yoanna House, American model | |
April 9th, 1980 (April 09 1980) | Birth | Jerko Leko, Croatian footballer | |
April 9th, 1980 (April 09 1980) | Birth | Clueso, German singer, rapper, songwriter and producer | |
April 9th, 1979 (April 09 1979) | Birth | Albert Hammond, Jr., American guitarist (The Strokes) | |
April 9th, 1979 (April 09 1979) | Birth | Katsuni, French porn star | |
April 9th, 1979 (April 09 1979) | Birth | Keith Nobbs, American actor | |
April 9th, 1979 (April 09 1979) | Birth | Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress | |
April 9th, 1978 (April 09 1978) | Birth | Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer | |
April 9th, 1978 (April 09 1978) | Birth | Rachel Stevens, English singer (S Club) | |
April 9th, 1978 (April 09 1978) | Birth | Vesna Pisarovic, Croatian singer | |
April 9th, 1978 (April 09 1978) | Death | Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (b.1883) | |
April 9th, 1977 (April 09 1977) | Birth | Gerard Way, American musician (My Chemical Romance) | |
April 9th, 1976 (April 09 1976) | Death | Dagmar Nordstrom, American composer, pianist (born in 1903) | |
April 9th, 1976 (April 09 1976) | Death | Phil Ochs, American singer (born in 1940) | Phil Ochs Quotes |
April 9th, 1975 (April 09 1975) | Event | The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world. | |
April 9th, 1975 (April 09 1975) | Birth | Robbie Fowler, English footballer | |
April 9th, 1975 (April 09 1975) | Birth | David Gordon Green, American filmmaker | |
April 9th, 1974 (April 09 1974) | Birth | Jenna Jameson, American porn star | |
April 9th, 1974 (April 09 1974) | Birth | Alexander Pichushkin, Russian serial killer | |
April 9th, 1971 (April 09 1971) | Birth | Peter Canavan, Gaelic footballer | |
April 9th, 1971 (April 09 1971) | Birth | Jacques Villeneuve, French-Canadian race car driver | |
April 9th, 1971 (April 09 1971) | Birth | Austin Peck, American actor | |
April 9th, 1970 (April 09 1970) | Birth | Mike Barz, American meteorologist and TV anchor | |
April 9th, 1970 (April 09 1970) | Death | Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (born in 1896) | |
April 9th, 1969 (April 09 1969) | Event | The "Chicago Eight" plead not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. | |
April 9th, 1969 (April 09 1969) | Event | The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford. | |
April 9th, 1967 (April 09 1967) | Event | The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight. | |
April 9th, 1967 (April 09 1967) | Birth | Alex Kahn, American artist | |
April 9th, 1966 (April 09 1966) | Birth | Cynthia Nixon, American actress | |
April 9th, 1965 (April 09 1965) | Birth | Jeff Zucker, American television executive | |
April 9th, 1965 (April 09 1965) | Birth | Paulina Porizkova, Czechoslovakian-born actress and supermodel | |
April 9th, 1965 (April 09 1965) | Birth | Jay Wesley Neill, American convicted murderer (died in 2002) | |
April 9th, 1965 (April 09 1965) | Birth | Mark Pellegrino, American actor | |
April 9th, 1964 (April 09 1964) | Birth | Rick Tocchet, Canadian ice hockey player | |
April 9th, 1964 (April 09 1964) | Birth | Rob Awalt, American football player | |
April 9th, 1964 (April 09 1964) | Birth | Soyo Oka, Japanese musician | |
April 9th, 1963 (April 09 1963) | Birth | Marc Jacobs, American fashion designer | |
April 9th, 1963 (April 09 1963) | Birth | Joe Scarborough, American television personality | |
April 9th, 1963 (April 09 1963) | Death | Eddie Edwards, American jazz trombonist (born in 1891) | |
April 9th, 1962 (April 09 1962) | Birth | Imran Sherwani, British field hockey player | |
April 9th, 1961 (April 09 1961) | Birth | Mark Kelly, British keyboard player (Marillion) | |
April 9th, 1961 (April 09 1961) | Death | King Zog of Albania (born in 1895) | |
April 9th, 1959 (April 09 1959) | Event | Mercury program: NASA announces the selection of the United States first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven". | |
April 9th, 1959 (April 09 1959) | Death | Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (born in 1867) | Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes |
April 9th, 1957 (April 09 1957) | Event | The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping. | |
April 9th, 1957 (April 09 1957) | Birth | Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer | |
April 9th, 1957 (April 09 1957) | Birth | Brian Alexander, British broadcaster | |
April 9th, 1957 (April 09 1957) | Birth | Martin Margiela, Belgian fashion designer | |
April 9th, 1956 (April 09 1956) | Birth | Miguel Angel Russo, Argentine footballer | |
April 9th, 1955 (April 09 1955) | Birth | Joolz Denby, English poet and novelist | |
April 9th, 1955 (April 09 1955) | Birth | Kate Heyhoe, American food writer | |
April 9th, 1954 (April 09 1954) | Birth | Dennis Quaid, American actor | |
April 9th, 1954 (April 09 1954) | Birth | Iain Duncan Smith, British politician | |
April 9th, 1953 (April 09 1953) | Event | Warner Brothers premieres the first 3-D film, entitled House of Wax. | |
April 9th, 1953 (April 09 1953) | Birth | Hal Ketchum, American musician | |
April 9th, 1952 (April 09 1952) | Event | Hugo Ballivian s government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalisation of tin mines | Hugo Ball Quotes |
April 9th, 1951 (April 09 1951) | Death | Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist (born in 1862) | |
April 9th, 1948 (April 09 1948) | Event | Jorge Eliecer Gaitan s assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogota (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia (La violencia). | |
April 9th, 1948 (April 09 1948) | Event | Massacre at Deir Yassin. | |
April 9th, 1948 (April 09 1948) | Birth | Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress | |
April 9th, 1948 (April 09 1948) | Death | George Carpenter, Australian Salvation Army general (born in 1872) | |
April 9th, 1948 (April 09 1948) | Death | Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, Colombian politician (born in 1903) | |
April 9th, 1947 (April 09 1947) | Event | The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. | |
April 9th, 1947 (April 09 1947) | Event | The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court s 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel. | |
April 9th, 1946 (April 09 1946) | Birth | David Webb, English football player and coach | |
April 9th, 1945 (April 09 1945) | Event | World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk. | |
April 9th, 1945 (April 09 1945) | Event | World War II: The Battle of Konigsberg, in East Prussia, ends. | |
April 9th, 1945 (April 09 1945) | Event | The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed. | |
April 9th, 1945 (April 09 1945) | Birth | Peter Gammons, American baseball journalist | |
April 9th, 1945 (April 09 1945) | Birth | Steve Gadd, American session drummer | |
April 9th, 1945 (April 09 1945) | Death | Wilhelm Canaris, German Admiral (born in 1887) | Wilhelm Canaris Quotes |
April 9th, 1945 (April 09 1945) | Death | Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian (born in 1906) | Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes |
April 9th, 1945 (April 09 1945) | Death | Georg Elser, failed assassin of Hitler (born in 1903) | |
April 9th, 1944 (April 09 1944) | Death | Evgeniya Rudneva, Russian World War II heroine (born in 1920) | |
April 9th, 1943 (April 09 1943) | Birth | Terry Knight, American music promoter (died in 2004) | |
April 9th, 1942 (April 09 1942) | Event | World War II: The Battle of Bataan/Bataan Death MarchUnited States forces surrender on the Bataan Peninsula. The Japanese Navy launches an air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and Royal Australian Navy Destroyer HMAS Vampire are sunk off the island s east coast. | |
April 9th, 1942 (April 09 1942) | Birth | Brandon De Wilde, American actor (died in 1972) | |
April 9th, 1941 (April 09 1941) | Birth | Kaye Adams, American country singer | |
April 9th, 1941 (April 09 1941) | Birth | Chu Song-woong, Korean stage actor (died in 1985) | |
April 9th, 1940 (April 09 1940) | Event | World War II: Germany invades Denmark and Norway. | |
April 9th, 1940 (April 09 1940) | Birth | Jim Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player | |
April 9th, 1940 (April 09 1940) | Death | Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (born in 1865) | |
April 9th, 1939 (April 09 1939) | Event | Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial, after being denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution s Constitution Hall. | |
April 9th, 1939 (April 09 1939) | Birth | Michael Learned, American actress | |
April 9th, 1938 (April 09 1938) | Birth | Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician | |
April 9th, 1937 (April 09 1937) | Event | The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in Londonit is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe. | |
April 9th, 1937 (April 09 1937) | Birth | Marty Krofft, Canadian children s television producer | |
April 9th, 1936 (April 09 1936) | Death | Ferdinand Tonnies, German sociologist (born in 1855) | |
April 9th, 1935 (April 09 1935) | Birth | Avery Schreiber, American actor (died in 2002) | |
April 9th, 1934 (April 09 1934) | Birth | Bill Birch, New Zealand politician | |
April 9th, 1933 (April 09 1933) | Birth | Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor | |
April 9th, 1932 (April 09 1932) | Birth | Jim Fowler, American zoologist | |
April 9th, 1932 (April 09 1932) | Birth | Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (died in 2006) | |
April 9th, 1932 (April 09 1932) | Birth | Carl Perkins, American musician (died in 1998) | |
April 9th, 1932 (April 09 1932) | Birth | Cheeta, chimpanzee actor | |
April 9th, 1931 (April 09 1931) | Birth | Richard Hatfield, Canadian politician (died in 1991) | |
April 9th, 1930 (April 09 1930) | Birth | F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (died in 2007) | |
April 9th, 1930 (April 09 1930) | Birth | Nathaniel Branden, Canadian psychotherapist | Nathaniel Branden Quotes |
April 9th, 1928 (April 09 1928) | Birth | Tom Lehrer, American musician and mathematician | |
April 9th, 1928 (April 09 1928) | Birth | Paul Arizin, American basketball player (died in 2006) | |
April 9th, 1926 (April 09 1926) | Birth | Hugh Hefner, American editor and publisher, founder of Playboy | |
April 9th, 1922 (April 09 1922) | Birth | Carl Amery, German writer (died in 2005) | |
April 9th, 1921 (April 09 1921) | Birth | Jean-Marie Balestre, French motorsports official (FIA) (died in 2008) | |
April 9th, 1921 (April 09 1921) | Birth | Frankie Thomas, American actor (died in 2006) | Thomas Frank Quotes |
April 9th, 1919 (April 09 1919) | Birth | J. Presper Eckert, American computer pioneer (died in 1995) | |
April 9th, 1918 (April 09 1918) | Birth | Jorn Utzon, Danish architect | |
April 9th, 1917 (April 09 1917) | Event | World War I: The Battle of Arrasthe battle begins with Canadian forces executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge. | |
April 9th, 1917 (April 09 1917) | Birth | Johannes Bobrowski, German lyricist and writer (died in 1965) | |
April 9th, 1917 (April 09 1917) | Birth | Brad Dexter, American actor (died in 2002) | |
April 9th, 1917 (April 09 1917) | Death | James Hope Moulton, British scholar of Classical Greek (born in 1863) | |
April 9th, 1916 (April 09 1916) | Event | World War I: The Battle of VerdunGerman forces launch their third offensive of the battle. | |
April 9th, 1915 (April 09 1915) | Birth | Daniel Johnson, Sr., Quebec politician (died in 1968) | |
April 9th, 1912 (April 09 1912) | Birth | Lew Kopelew, Russian author (died in 1997) | |
April 9th, 1910 (April 09 1910) | Birth | Abraham Ribicoff, American politician (died in 1998) | Abraham Quotes |
April 9th, 1909 (April 09 1909) | Event | The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act. | |
April 9th, 1909 (April 09 1909) | Death | Helena Modrzejewska, Polish-American actress (born in 1840) | |
April 9th, 1908 (April 09 1908) | Birth | Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-born painter (died in 1997) | |
April 9th, 1906 (April 09 1906) | Birth | Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (died in 1988) | |
April 9th, 1906 (April 09 1906) | Birth | Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress (died in 1996) | |
April 9th, 1905 (April 09 1905) | Birth | J. William Fulbright, U.S. Senator from Arkansas (died in 1995) | J. William Fulbright Quotes |
April 9th, 1904 (April 09 1904) | Birth | Sharkey Bonano, American musician (died in 1972) | |
April 9th, 1903 (April 09 1903) | Birth | Ward Bond, American actor (died in 1960) | |
April 9th, 1898 (April 09 1898) | Birth | Curly Lambeau, American football coach, executive (died in 1965) | |
April 9th, 1898 (April 09 1898) | Birth | Paul Robeson, American singer and activist (died in 1976) | Paul Robeson Quotes |
April 9th, 1897 (April 09 1897) | Birth | John B. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (died in 1974) | |
April 9th, 1895 (April 09 1895) | Birth | Michel Simon, French actor (died in 1975) | |
April 9th, 1889 (April 09 1889) | Birth | Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist (died in 1985) | |
April 9th, 1889 (April 09 1889) | Death | Michel Eugene Chevreul, French chemist (born in 1786) | |
April 9th, 1888 (April 09 1888) | Birth | Sol Hurok, Russian-born impresario (died in 1974) | |
April 9th, 1882 (April 09 1882) | Birth | Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (died in 1946) | |
April 9th, 1876 (April 09 1876) | Death | Charles Goodyear, American politician (born in 1804) | |
April 9th, 1872 (April 09 1872) | Birth | Leon Blum, French prime minister (died in 1950) | |
April 9th, 1867 (April 09 1867) | Event | Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska. | |
April 9th, 1867 (April 09 1867) | Birth | Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (died in 1941) | |
April 9th, 1865 (April 09 1865) | Event | American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war. | Ulysses S. Grant Quotes |
April 9th, 1865 (April 09 1865) | Birth | Erich Ludendorff, German general in World War I (died in 1937) | Erich Ludendorff Quotes |
April 9th, 1835 (April 09 1835) | Birth | King Leopold II of Belgium (died in 1909) | |
April 9th, 1830 (April 09 1830) | Birth | Eadweard Muybridge, English-born photographer and motion picture pioneer (died in 1904) | |
April 9th, 1821 (April 09 1821) | Birth | Charles Baudelaire, French poet (died in 1867) | Charles Baudelaire Quotes |
April 9th, 1806 (April 09 1806) | Birth | Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (died in 1859) | |
April 9th, 1806 (April 09 1806) | Death | William V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (born in 1748) | |
April 9th, 1804 (April 09 1804) | Death | Jacques Necker, French statesman (born in 1732) | |
April 9th, 1794 (April 09 1794) | Birth | Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (died in 1881) | |
April 9th, 1773 (April 09 1773) | Birth | Etienne Aignan, French writer (died in 1824 | |
April 9th, 1770 (April 09 1770) | Birth | Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist (died in 1831) | |
April 9th, 1761 (April 09 1761) | Death | William Law, British minister (born in 1686) | |
April 9th, 1757 (April 09 1757) | Birth | Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (died in 1833) | |
April 9th, 1754 (April 09 1754) | Death | Christian Wolff, German philosopher (born in 1679) | Christian Wolff Quotes |
April 9th, 1747 (April 09 1747) | Death | Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish clan chief | |
April 9th, 1693 (April 09 1693) | Death | Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (born in 1618) | |
April 9th, 1691 (April 09 1691) | Birth | Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (died in 1761) | |
April 9th, 1686 (April 09 1686) | Birth | James Craggs the Younger, British politician (died in 1721) | |
April 9th, 1682 (April 09 1682) | Event | Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana. | |
April 9th, 1680 (April 09 1680) | Birth | Philippe Nericault Destouches, French dramatist (died in 1754) | |
April 9th, 1654 (April 09 1654) | Death | Matei Basarab, Prince of Wallachia (born in 1588) | |
April 9th, 1649 (April 09 1649) | Birth | James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II of Great Britain (died in 1685) | |
April 9th, 1648 (April 09 1648) | Birth | Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (died in 1720) | |
April 9th, 1634 (April 09 1634) | Birth | Albertine Agnes of Nassau, Regent of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe (died in 1696) | |
April 9th, 1626 (April 09 1626) | Death | Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist (born in 1561) | Francis Bacon Quotes |
April 9th, 1597 (April 09 1597) | Birth | John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (died in 1670) | |
April 9th, 1557 (April 09 1557) | Death | Mikael Agricola, Finnish scholar (born in ca. 1510) | |
April 9th, 1553 (April 09 1553) | Death | Francois Rabelais, French writer | Francois Rabelais Quotes |
April 9th, 1498 (April 09 1498) | Birth | John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (died in 1550) | |
April 9th, 1492 (April 09 1492) | Death | Lorenzo de Medici, Italian statesmen (born in 1449) | |
April 9th, 1484 (April 09 1484) | Death | Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (born in 1473) | |
April 9th, 1483 (April 09 1483) | Death | King Edward IV of England (born in 1442) | |
April 9th, 1440 (April 09 1440) | Event | Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark. | |
April 9th, 1413 (April 09 1413) | Event | Henry V is crowned King of England. | |
April 9th, 1336 (April 09 1336) | Birth | Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (died in 1405) | |
April 9th, 1241 (April 09 1241) | Event | Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies. | |
April 9th, 1137 (April 09 1137) | Death | William X, Duke of Aquitaine (born in 1099) | |
April 9th, 1024 (April 09 1024) | Death | Pope Benedict VIII | |
April 9th, 0715 (April 09 0715) | Death | Pope Constantine | |
April 9th, 0491 (April 09 0491) | Death | Zeno, Byzantine Emperor | |
April 9th, 0475 (April 09 0475) | Event | Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position. | |
April 9th, 0193 (April 09 0193) | Event | Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). | |