March 9 in History

Historical Events on March 9

1009 First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.

1230 Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.

1796 Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.

1841 The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.

1847 Mexican-American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.

1862 American Civil War: The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.

1916 Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.

1942 World War II: Dutch East Indies, represented by KNIL Commander in Chief Lieutenant General Hein Ter Poorten, unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and Japanese completed their Dutchmmjn East Indies campaign.

2012 At least 130 rockets are fired into Israel from Gaza; 12 Palestinians militants are killed as part of the latest escalation in violence in the region.

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Famous Birthdays on March 9

1943 Bobby Fischer

1954 Carlos Ghosn

1964 Juliette Binoche

1989 Taeyeon

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Famous Deaths on March 9

1661 Cardinal Mazarin

1847 Mary Anning

1964 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck

1992 Menachem Begin

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