What is October 9?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1800 === * [[768]] &ndash; [[Carloman]] and [[Charlemagne]] are crowned [[King]]s of the [[Franks]]. * [[1000]] &ndash; [[Leif Ericson]] discovers [[Vinland]], becoming the first known [[Europe]]an to set foot in [[North America]]. * [[1238]] &ndash; [[James I of Aragon]] conquers [[Valencia]] and founded the [[Kingdom of Valencia]]. * [[1264]] &ndash; The [[Kingdom]] of [[Castile]] conquers the [[city]] of [[Jerez]], under [[Islam]]ic control since [[711]]. * [[1446]] &ndash; The [[Hangul]] alphabet is published in [[Korea]]. * [[1514]] &ndash; Marriage of [[Louis XII of France]] and [[Mary Tudor (queen consort of France)|Mary Tudor]] * [[1582]] &ndash; Due to the implementation of the [[Gregorian calendar]] this day does not exist in this year in [[Italy]], [[Poland]], [[Portugal]] and [[Spain]]. * [[1604]] &ndash; [[Supernova 1604]] is observed; It is the last [[supernova]] to-date to be observed in the [[Milky Way]]. * [[1635]] &ndash; Founder of [[Rhode Island]] [[Roger Williams (theologian)|Roger Williams]] is banished from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] as a religious dissident after he spoke out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] land. * [[1701]] &ndash; The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed [[Yale University]]) is chartered in [[Old Saybrook, Connecticut]]. * [[1708]] &ndash; [[Peter the Great]] defeats the [[Sweden|Swedes]] at the [[Battle of Lesnaya]]. * [[1740]] &ndash; [[Dutch people|Dutch]] colonists and others begin massacring [[Chinese people]] at Batavia (now [[Jakarta]]), eventually killing 10,000 people and leading to war. * [[1760]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Russia]]n forces occupy [[Berlin]]. * [[1767]] &ndash; Surveying of the [[Mason-Dixon line]] between [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Maryland]] is completed, unofficially marking the boundary between Northern and Southern [[US]] States. * [[1771]] &ndash; The [[Netherlands|Dutch]] merchant ship ''[[Vrouw M