About July 9
July 9, 2025 is the 190th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 175 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Cancer is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 223 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 9
- 1357 –Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
- 1386 –The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.
- 1540 –King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
- 1776 –George Washington ordered the Declaration of Independence to be read out loud to members of the Continental Army in New York City for the first time.
- 1790 –Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund – in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
- 1807 –The Treaties of Tilsit are signed by Napoleon I of France and Alexander I of Russia.
- 1810 –Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
- 1811 –Explorer David Thompson posts a sign at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers (in modern Washington state, US), claiming the land for the United Kingdom.
- 1816 –Argentina declares independence from Spain.
- 1850 –The Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
- 1875 –Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans
- 1900 –Boxer Rebellion: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
- 1900 –Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives royal assent to an Act creating the Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.
- 1932 –The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Saipan – American forces take Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
- 1958 –Lituya Bay is hit by a mega-tsunami. The wave is recorded at 524 meters high, the largest in recorded history.
- 1961 –Turkish voters approve the Turkish Constitution of 1961 in a referendum.
- 1962 –The Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test is conducted by the United States of America.
- 1986 –The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
- 2006 –At least 122 people are killed after a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.
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