What is July 9?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[455]] &ndash; Roman military commander [[Avitus]] is proclaimed emperor of the [[Western Roman Empire]]. * [[660]] &ndash; [[Battle of Hwangsanboel]]: [[Korea]]n forces under General [[Kim Yu–shin]] of Silla defeat the [[army]] of Baekje at Nonsan, present–day [[South Korea]]. * [[869]] &ndash; A magnitude 8.6 [[earthquake]] and [[tsunami]] strike the area around [[Sendai]], Northern [[Honshu]], [[Japan]]. * [[1357]] 5:31 AM – [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor]] assisted laying the foundation stone of the [[Charles Bridge]] in [[Prague]]. * [[1386]] &ndash; The [[Switzerland|Old Swiss Confederacy]] makes great strides in establishing control over its own [[territory]] by decisively defeating the Archduchy of [[Austria]] in the [[Battle]] of Sempach. * [[1540]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England]] annulled his marriage to his fourth wife, [[Anne of Cleves]]. * [[1572]] &ndash; Nineteen [[Roman Catholicism|Catholics]] suffer [[martyr]]dom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum. * [[1609]] &ndash; [[Bohemia]] is given freedom of [[religion]] through the Letter of [[Majesty]] by [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor]]. * [[1701]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: [[Austria]]n victory over the [[France|French]] in the [[Battle]] of Carpi. * [[1745]] &ndash; War of the [[Austria]]n Succession: Victory in the [[Battle]] of Melle allows the [[France|French]] to capture [[Ghent]] in the days after. * [[1749]] &ndash; Naval settlement of [[Halifax (former city)|Halifax, Nova Scotia]] founded as [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] answer to [[Louisbourg]]. * [[1755]] &ndash; [[French and Indian War]]: [[Braddock Expedition]] – British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat to [[France|French]] and [[Native American]] forces. During the battle, British General [[Edward Braddock]] is mortally wounded. Colonel [[George Washington]] survives. * [[1776]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] orders the [[Declaration of Independence]] to