What is March 9?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[141 BC]] &ndash; Liu Che, known after his death as [[Emperor Wu of Han]], assumes the throne of the [[Han Dynasty]] in [[China]]. * [[1009]] &ndash; [[Lithuania]] is mentioned in the annals of [[Quedlinburg]]. * [[1230]] &ndash; [[Ivar Asen II of Bulgaria]] defeats [[Theodore Epirus]] in the [[Battle of Klokonitsa]]. * [[1276]] &ndash; [[Augsburg]] becomes an Imperial Free City. * [[1500]] &ndash; The fleet of [[Pedro Alvares Cabral]] leaves [[Lisbon]]. It intends to reach [[Calicut]], [[India]], but gets to present–day [[Brazil]] instead. * [[1566]] &ndash; [[David Rizzio]], private secretary to [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], is murdered in the [[Palace of Holyroodhouse]] in [[Edinburgh]]. * [[1741]] &ndash; [[War of Jenkins' Ear]]: British forces lay [[siege]] to [[Cartagena]] in present–day [[Colombia]]. * [[1781]] &ndash; [[American War of Independence]]: The [[Spain|Spanish]] ''Infanteria de Marina'' under command of [[Bernardo de Galvez y Madrid]] occupy [[Pensacola, Florida]]. The [[Battle of Pensacola]] lasts until [[May 8]]. * [[1796]] &ndash; [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] marries [[Josephine de Beauharnais]]. * [[1811]] &ndash; [[Paraguay]]an forces defeat [[Manuel Belgrano]] at the [[Battle of Taguari]]. * [[1842]] &ndash; [[Gold]] is discovered at Rancho [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. * [[1842]] &ndash; The [[opera]] [[Nabucco]] by [[Giuseppe Verdi]] has its first performance in [[Milan]]. * [[1847]] &ndash; [[Mexican-American War]]: The first large amphibious (in–water) assault in US [[history]] begins in [[Veracruz]], [[Mexico]]. * [[1848]] &ndash; The [[Bundestag]] in [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]] declares [[black]], [[red]] and [[gold]] as the official German national colours. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The USS ''Monitor'' and CSS ''Virginia'' fight to a draw in the [[Battle of Hampton Roads]] in the first [[battle]] between two iron–clad warships. * [[1888]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm I of Germany]] dies. [[Friedrich III of Germany]] be