What happened on June 9

44 documented historical events happened on June 9, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Abu Muslim initiated an open revolt against Umayyad rule, eventually leading to the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate under the Black Standard. On the same day, in another year: Parisian printer Simon de Colines was fined for printing biblical commentary by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples without obtaining prior approval from theologians. 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.

160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on June 9, including Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, Happy Rockefeller, George Nigh. 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.

110 people with a Wikipedia article died on June 9, including Ephrem the Syrian, Columba, Shahrbaraz. 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.

16 observances are celebrated on June 9 around the world: Anniversary of the Accession of King Abdullah II (Jordan), Autonomy Day (Åland), Christian feast day: Aidan of Lindisfarne (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), Christian feast day: Blessed Anna Maria Taigi, Christian feast day: Baithéne mac Brénaind, Christian feast day: Bede (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America). 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.