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.
- 1540 –King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
- 1572 –Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
- 1745 –War of the Austrian Succession: French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
- 1755 –French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition – British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat by French and Native American forces.
- 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.
- 1789 –In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
- 1790 –Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund – in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
- 1793 –The Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada and the importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
- 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.
- 1821 –470 prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
- 1875 –Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans
- 1877 –The inaugural Wimbledon Championships opens.
- 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 Tali-Ihantala – Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
- 1961 –Turkish voters approve the Turkish Constitution of 1961 in a referendum.
- 2011 –South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
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