History of 9th JULY

1.  Hadrian, Rome’s new emperor, makes his entry into the city.on July 9 118

2.  Avitus, the Roman military commander in Gaul, becomes Emperor of the West.on July 9 455

3.  Maurice of Saxony is mortally wounded at Sievershausen, Germany, while defeating Albert of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.on July 9 1553

4.  Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of worship.on July 9 1609

5.  General Edward Braddock is killed by French and Indian troops.on July 9 1755

6.  In Versailles, the French National Assembly declares itself the Constituent Assembly and begins to prepare a French constitution.on July 9 1789

7.  The Swedish navy captures one third of the Russian fleet at the Battle of Svensksund in the Baltic Sea.on July 9 1790

8.  U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies in office at the age of 65. He is succeeded by Millard Fillmore.on July 9 1850

9.  Confederate cavalry led by John Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Kentucky.on July 9 1861

10. The Commonwealth of Australia is established by an act of British Parliament, uniting the separate colonies under a federal government.on July 9 1900

11. Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the attic above her father’s office in an Amsterdam warehouse.on July 9 1942

12. American and British forces make an amphibious landing on Sicily.on July 9 1943

13. The United States turns over complete responsibility of the Demilitarized Zone to South Vietnamese units.on July 9 1971