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What happened on February 9
On February 9 history recorded 55 notable events. 160 people who left a mark were born on this day, and 90 died. Here is the full almanac.
- 55events
- 160births
- 90deaths
- 12observances
Highlights
Highlights
1234Caizhou, the capital of the Jin dynasty, was captured by the Mongol Empire and their Song allies, bringing an end to Jurchen rule.
The Jin dynasty, officially the Great Jin, was a Jurchen-led imperial dynasty of China and empire ruled by the Wanyan clan that existed between 1115 and 1234. It is also often called the Jurchen dynasty or the Jurchen Jin after the ruling Jurchen people. At it
1799Quasi-War: USS Constellation captured the French frigate Insurgente in a single-ship action in the Caribbean Sea.
The Quasi-War, 1798 to 1800, was an undeclared war between the United States and the French First Republic. It was fought almost entirely at sea, primarily in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of the United States, with minor actions in the Indian Ocean and
1825After no candidate received a majority of electoral votes in the previous year's presidential election, the United States House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams (pictured) as president in a contingent election.
In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president in the presidential election. This process is described in Article Two of the
February 9
On this day
V century
- 474
474Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
XI century
XVI century
XVII century
XVIII century
XIX century
- 1822
1822Haiti attacks the newly established Dominican Republic on the other side of the island of Hispaniola. - 1825
1825After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as sixth President of the United States in a contingent election. - 1849
1849The new Roman Republic is declared. - 1861
1861American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Provisional Confederate Congress at Montgomery, Alabama. - 1870
1870US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau. - 1889
1889US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency. - 1893
1893Verdi's last opera, Falstaff, premieres at La Scala, Milan. - 1895
1895William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball. - 1900
1900The Davis Cup competition is established.
XX century
- 1904
1904Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes. - 1907
1907The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). - 1913
1913A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the Americas, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth. - 1920
1920Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized. - 1922
1922Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. - 1929
1929Members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng assassinate the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities. - 1932
1932Prohibition law is abolished in Finland after a national referendum, where 70% voted for a repeal of the law. - 1934
1934The Balkan Entente is formed between Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Turkey. - 1941
1941World War II: Bombing of Genoa: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate. - 1942
1942Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources. - 1943
1943World War II: Pacific War: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal. - 1945
1945World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat. - 1945
1945World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attack a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway. - 1950
1950Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists. - 1951
1951Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea. - 1959
1959The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR. - 1961
1961The Beatles at the Cavern Club: Lunchtime – The Beatles perform under this name at The Cavern Club for the first time following their return to Liverpool from Hamburg. - 1964
1964The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a record-setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States. - 1965
1965Vietnam War: The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission. - 1971
1971The 6.5–6.7 Mw Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000. - 1971
1971Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame. - 1971
1971Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing. - 1975
1975The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth. - 1976
1976Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24. - 1978
1978The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - 1982
1982Japan Air Lines Flight 350 crashes near Haneda Airport in an attempted pilot mass murder-suicide, killing 24 of the 174 people on board. - 1986
1986Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System. - 1987
1987Civil unrest broke out across Palestine. - 1991
1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Voters in Lithuania vote for independence from the Soviet Union. - 1996
1996The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people. - 1996
1996Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.
XXI century
- 2001
2001The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor. - 2016
2016Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people die and 85 others are injured. - 2018
2018Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea. - 2020
2020Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has the army soldiers enter the Legislative Assembly to assist in pushing for the approval for a better government security plan, causing a brief political crisis. - 2021
2021Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins. - 2025
2025The Baltic states synchronize their electric power transmission infrastructure with the Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA), in objective to disconnect from the Russo-Belarussian agreement to use the IPS/UPS system.
Best known
Born on February 9
Best known
Died on February 9
966Ono no Michikaze
Japanese calligrapher
967Sayf al-Dawla
10th-century Muslim ruler of northern Syria
1011Bernard I of Saxony
Duke of Saxony
1014Yang Yanzhao
Famous general of the Song dynasty
1135Emperor Taizong of Jin
Emperor of Jin from 1123 to 1135
1199Minamoto no Yoritomo
Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1192 to 1199
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Frequently asked questions
What happened on February 9?
55 documented historical events happened on February 9, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Caizhou, the capital of the Jin dynasty, was captured by the Mongol Empire and their Song allies, bringing an end to Jurchen rule. On the same day, in another year: Quasi-War: USS Constellation captured the French frigate Insurgente in a single-ship action in the Caribbean Sea. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
Who was born on February 9?
160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on February 9, including John B. Cobb, Garret FitzGerald, Frank Frazetta. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.
Who died on February 9?
90 people with a Wikipedia article died on February 9, including Ono no Michikaze, Sayf al-Dawla, Bernard I of Saxony. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What is celebrated on February 9?
12 observances are celebrated on February 9 around the world: Alto of Altomünster, Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, Ansbert of Rouen, Apollonia, Bracchio, Einion the King (Western Orthodoxy). The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.
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