February 9th All Events |
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| February 9th, 2008 (February 09 2008) | Death | Christopher Hyatt Occultist,Philosopher and Author. | Philo Quotes |
| February 9th, 2008 (February 09 2008) | Death | Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian avant-garde painter, poet and sculptor. (born in 1931) | |
| February 9th, 2008 (February 09 2008) | Death | Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal, the eleventh Mindrolling Trichen, Tibetan Buddhist lama of the Nyingma school (born in 1930) | An Wang Quotes |
| February 9th, 2008 (February 09 2008) | Death | Scott Halpin, a one time drummer of The Who. | |
| February 9th, 2007 (February 09 2007) | Death | Hank Bauer, American baseball player (born in 1922) | |
| February 9th, 2007 (February 09 2007) | Death | Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (born in 1934) | |
| February 9th, 2006 (February 09 2006) | Death | Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (born in 1922) | |
| February 9th, 2006 (February 09 2006) | Death | Nadira, Indian actress (born in 1932) | |
| February 9th, 2004 (February 09 2004) | Death | Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper director and politician (born in 1925) | |
| February 9th, 2002 (February 09 2002) | Death | Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom (born in 1930) | |
| February 9th, 2002 (February 09 2002) | Death | Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (born in 1937) | |
| February 9th, 2001 (February 09 2001) | Event | The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School. | |
| February 9th, 2001 (February 09 2001) | Death | Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (born in 1916) | |
| February 9th, 1999 (February 09 1999) | Death | Bryan Mosley, British actor (born in 1931) | |
| February 9th, 1997 (February 09 1997) | Death | Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (born in 1945) | |
| February 9th, 1996 (February 09 1996) | Event | The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by a large bomb in London s Canary Wharf. | |
| February 9th, 1996 (February 09 1996) | Birth | Jimmy Bennett, American actor | |
| February 9th, 1995 (February 09 1995) | Event | Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks. | |
| February 9th, 1995 (February 09 1995) | Death | J. William Fulbright, American politician (born in 1905) | J. William Fulbright Quotes |
| February 9th, 1995 (February 09 1995) | Death | David Wayne, American actor (born in 1914) | |
| February 9th, 1994 (February 09 1994) | Event | Vance-Owen peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina is announced. | |
| February 9th, 1994 (February 09 1994) | Death | Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (born in 1934) | |
| February 9th, 1991 (February 09 1991) | Event | Voters in Lithuania vote for independence. | |
| February 9th, 1991 (February 09 1991) | Death | James Cleveland, American gospel singer (born in 1931) | |
| February 9th, 1990 (February 09 1990) | Birth | Camille Winbush, American actress | |
| February 9th, 1989 (February 09 1989) | Birth | Wu Chia-ching, Taiwanese pool player | |
| February 9th, 1989 (February 09 1989) | Birth | Gia Farrell, American singer | |
| February 9th, 1989 (February 09 1989) | Death | Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (born in 1928) | |
| February 9th, 1987 (February 09 1987) | Birth | Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete | |
| February 9th, 1987 (February 09 1987) | Birth | Joe O Cearuill, Irish footballer | |
| February 9th, 1986 (February 09 1986) | Event | Comet Halley reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the sun, during its second visit to the inner solar system in the 20th century. | |
| February 9th, 1986 (February 09 1986) | Birth | Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein, of Jordan | |
| February 9th, 1985 (February 09 1985) | Birth | David Gallagher, American actor | Gallagher Quotes |
| February 9th, 1984 (February 09 1984) | Birth | Han Kyung, Korean singer Super Junior | |
| February 9th, 1984 (February 09 1984) | Birth | Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player | |
| February 9th, 1984 (February 09 1984) | Death | Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (born in 1914) | |
| February 9th, 1983 (February 09 1983) | Birth | Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer | |
| February 9th, 1982 (February 09 1982) | Birth | Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer | |
| February 9th, 1981 (February 09 1981) | Birth | Joel Camathias, Swiss racing driver | |
| February 9th, 1981 (February 09 1981) | Birth | John Walker Lindh, American Taliban fighter | |
| February 9th, 1981 (February 09 1981) | Death | Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (born in 1925) | |
| February 9th, 1980 (February 09 1980) | Birth | Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer | |
| February 9th, 1980 (February 09 1980) | Birth | Shelly Martinez, American wrestler | |
| February 9th, 1980 (February 09 1980) | Death | Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and novelist (born in 1900) | |
| February 9th, 1979 (February 09 1979) | Birth | David Gray, English snooker player | |
| February 9th, 1979 (February 09 1979) | Birth | Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball pitcher | |
| February 9th, 1979 (February 09 1979) | Birth | Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater | |
| February 9th, 1979 (February 09 1979) | Birth | Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress | |
| February 9th, 1979 (February 09 1979) | Death | Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1900) | |
| February 9th, 1978 (February 09 1978) | Birth | Airton Dare, Brazilian racing driver | |
| February 9th, 1978 (February 09 1978) | Birth | Daniel Mann, British television commentator | |
| February 9th, 1978 (February 09 1978) | Death | Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (born in 1893) | |
| February 9th, 1978 (February 09 1978) | Death | Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (born in 1935) | |
| February 9th, 1977 (February 09 1977) | Death | Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer (born in 1894) | |
| February 9th, 1976 (February 09 1976) | Birth | Charlie Day, American actor | |
| February 9th, 1976 (February 09 1976) | Birth | Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player | |
| February 9th, 1976 (February 09 1976) | Birth | Georgios Korakakis, Greek footballer | |
| February 9th, 1976 (February 09 1976) | Death | Percy Faith, Canadian musician (born in 1908) | |
| February 9th, 1975 (February 09 1975) | Event | The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth. | |
| February 9th, 1975 (February 09 1975) | Birth | Viktor Chistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete | |
| February 9th, 1975 (February 09 1975) | Birth | Clinton Grybas, Australian Football commentator (died in 2008) | |
| February 9th, 1974 (February 09 1974) | Birth | Brad Maynard, National Football League punter | |
| February 9th, 1974 (February 09 1974) | Birth | Amber Valletta, American model | |
| February 9th, 1973 (February 09 1973) | Event | Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India. | |
| February 9th, 1973 (February 09 1973) | Birth | Svetlana Boginskaya, Soviet gymnast | |
| February 9th, 1973 (February 09 1973) | Birth | Colin Egglesfield, American actor | |
| February 9th, 1973 (February 09 1973) | Death | Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (born in 1883) | |
| February 9th, 1973 (February 09 1973) | Death | Max Yasgur, American farmer (Woodstock Festival) (born in 1919) | |
| February 9th, 1972 (February 09 1972) | Birth | Crispin Freeman, American voice actor | |
| February 9th, 1972 (February 09 1972) | Birth | Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer | |
| February 9th, 1972 (February 09 1972) | Birth | Jason Winston George, American actor | |
| February 9th, 1971 (February 09 1971) | Event | The 6.4 on the Richter Scale Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California. | |
| February 9th, 1971 (February 09 1971) | Event | Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. | Satchel Paige Quotes |
| February 9th, 1971 (February 09 1971) | Event | Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing. | |
| February 9th, 1971 (February 09 1971) | Birth | Sharon Case, American actress | |
| February 9th, 1971 (February 09 1971) | Birth | Johan Mjallby, Swedish footballer | |
| February 9th, 1970 (February 09 1970) | Birth | Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer | |
| February 9th, 1969 (February 09 1969) | Event | First test flight of the Boeing 747. | |
| February 9th, 1969 (February 09 1969) | Birth | Jimmy Smith, American football player | |
| February 9th, 1969 (February 09 1969) | Death | Gabby Hayes, American actor (born in 1885) | |
| February 9th, 1968 (February 09 1968) | Birth | Alejandra Guzman, Mexican singer | |
| February 9th, 1968 (February 09 1968) | Birth | Rahul Roy, Indian actor | |
| February 9th, 1967 (February 09 1967) | Birth | Todd Pratt, American baseball player | |
| February 9th, 1966 (February 09 1966) | Birth | Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete | |
| February 9th, 1966 (February 09 1966) | Birth | Harald Eia, Norwegiancomedian | |
| February 9th, 1966 (February 09 1966) | Death | Sophie Tucker, Russian-born actress (born in 1884) | |
| February 9th, 1965 (February 09 1965) | Event | Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam. | |
| February 9th, 1965 (February 09 1965) | Birth | Igor Malkov, Russian speedskater | |
| February 9th, 1965 (February 09 1965) | Birth | Julie Warner, American actress | |
| February 9th, 1964 (February 09 1964) | Event | The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers. | |
| February 9th, 1963 (February 09 1963) | Birth | Brian Greene, American physicist | |
| February 9th, 1963 (February 09 1963) | Birth | Travis Tritt, American singer | |
| February 9th, 1962 (February 09 1962) | Event | Jamaica becomes independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations. | |
| February 9th, 1962 (February 09 1962) | Birth | Anik Bissonnette, Quebec ballet dancer (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens) | |
| February 9th, 1961 (February 09 1961) | Birth | John Kruk, American baseball player | |
| February 9th, 1961 (February 09 1961) | Birth | Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor | |
| February 9th, 1960 (February 09 1960) | Event | Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. | |
| February 9th, 1960 (February 09 1960) | Birth | Holly Johnson, British singer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) | |
| February 9th, 1960 (February 09 1960) | Death | Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (born in 1870) | |
| February 9th, 1960 (February 09 1960) | Death | Erno Dohnanyi, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (born in 1877) | |
| February 9th, 1958 (February 09 1958) | Birth | Chris Nilan, National Hockey League player | |
| February 9th, 1958 (February 09 1958) | Birth | Cyrille Regis, English former footballer | |
| February 9th, 1957 (February 09 1957) | Birth | Gordon Strachan, Scottish football player and manager | |
| February 9th, 1957 (February 09 1957) | Death | Miklos Horthy, Hungarian admiral (born in 1868) | |
| February 9th, 1955 (February 09 1955) | Birth | JM J. Bullock, American actor | |
| February 9th, 1955 (February 09 1955) | Birth | Charles Shaughnessy, British actor | |
| February 9th, 1954 (February 09 1954) | Birth | Mary Jo Duffy, American comic book writer and editor | |
| February 9th, 1954 (February 09 1954) | Birth | Christopher Gardner, American entrepreneur | |
| February 9th, 1954 (February 09 1954) | Birth | Kevin Warwick, Cyborg Scientist | |
| February 9th, 1953 (February 09 1953) | Birth | Ciaran Hinds, Northern Irish actor | |
| February 9th, 1953 (February 09 1953) | Birth | Gabriel Rotello, American television documentary producer | |
| February 9th, 1952 (February 09 1952) | Birth | Danny White, American football player | |
| February 9th, 1952 (February 09 1952) | Birth | Mookie Wilson, American baseball player | |
| February 9th, 1951 (February 09 1951) | Death | Eddy Duchin, American musician (born in 1910) | |
| February 9th, 1950 (February 09 1950) | Event | Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States State Department of being filled with Communists. | Joseph McCarthy Quotes |
| February 9th, 1950 (February 09 1950) | Birth | Richard F. Colburn, American politician | |
| February 9th, 1949 (February 09 1949) | Birth | Judith Light, American actress | |
| February 9th, 1947 (February 09 1947) | Birth | Carla Del Ponte, Swiss UN prosecutor | |
| February 9th, 1947 (February 09 1947) | Birth | Joe Ely, American musician | |
| February 9th, 1947 (February 09 1947) | Birth | Major Harris, American singer | |
| February 9th, 1946 (February 09 1946) | Birth | Sean Neeson, Northern Irish politician | |
| February 9th, 1946 (February 09 1946) | Birth | Vince Papale, American football player | |
| February 9th, 1946 (February 09 1946) | Birth | Jim Webb, United States Senator from Virginia | |
| February 9th, 1945 (February 09 1945) | Event | The Battle of the Atlantic the HMS Venturer sinking U-Boat 864 off the coast of Norway. | |
| February 9th, 1945 (February 09 1945) | Birth | Mia Farrow, American actress | |
| February 9th, 1945 (February 09 1945) | Birth | Gerard Lenorman, French singer | |
| February 9th, 1944 (February 09 1944) | Birth | Derryn Hinch, Australian media personality | |
| February 9th, 1944 (February 09 1944) | Birth | Alice Walker, American writer | |
| February 9th, 1943 (February 09 1943) | Event | World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal. | |
| February 9th, 1943 (February 09 1943) | Birth | Barbara Lewis, American singer and songwriter | |
| February 9th, 1943 (February 09 1943) | Birth | Jonny Nilsson, Swedish speedskater | |
| February 9th, 1943 (February 09 1943) | Birth | Joe Pesci, American actor | |
| February 9th, 1943 (February 09 1943) | Birth | Joseph E. Stiglitz, American economist, Nobel laureate | |
| February 9th, 1942 (February 09 1942) | Event | World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war. | |
| February 9th, 1942 (February 09 1942) | Event | Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States. | |
| February 9th, 1942 (February 09 1942) | Birth | Carole King, American singer | Carole King Quotes |
| February 9th, 1941 (February 09 1941) | Birth | Sheila Kuehl, American actress | |
| February 9th, 1940 (February 09 1940) | Birth | Brian Bennett, British musician (The Shadows) | |
| February 9th, 1940 (February 09 1940) | Birth | J. M. Coetzee, South African author, Nobel laureate | |
| February 9th, 1940 (February 09 1940) | Death | Eugene Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (born in 1857) | |
| February 9th, 1939 (February 09 1939) | Birth | Barry Mann, American singer | |
| February 9th, 1939 (February 09 1939) | Birth | Janet Suzman, South African actress | |
| February 9th, 1937 (February 09 1937) | Birth | Clete Boyer, American baseball player (died in 2007) | |
| February 9th, 1936 (February 09 1936) | Birth | Stompin Tom Connors, Canadian country singer | |
| February 9th, 1936 (February 09 1936) | Birth | Clive Swift, British actor | |
| February 9th, 1934 (February 09 1934) | Event | The Balkan Entente is formed. | |
| February 9th, 1934 (February 09 1934) | Birth | John Ziegler, former NHL Commissioner | |
| February 9th, 1933 (February 09 1933) | Birth | Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (died in 2003) | |
| February 9th, 1932 (February 09 1932) | Birth | Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player | |
| February 9th, 1932 (February 09 1932) | Birth | Gerhard Richter, German painter | |
| February 9th, 1931 (February 09 1931) | Birth | Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (died in 1989) | |
| February 9th, 1931 (February 09 1931) | Birth | Josef Masopust, Czech footballer | |
| February 9th, 1930 (February 09 1930) | Birth | Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (died in 2003) | |
| February 9th, 1929 (February 09 1929) | Birth | Clement Meadmore, Australian-born sculptor (died in 2005) | |
| February 9th, 1928 (February 09 1928) | Birth | Frank Frazetta, American illustrator | |
| February 9th, 1928 (February 09 1928) | Birth | Rinus Michels, Dutch football coach (died in 2005) | |
| February 9th, 1928 (February 09 1928) | Birth | Roger Mudd, American journalist | |
| February 9th, 1926 (February 09 1926) | Birth | Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland | |
| February 9th, 1925 (February 09 1925) | Birth | Burkhard Heim, German physicist (died in 2001) | |
| February 9th, 1923 (February 09 1923) | Birth | Brendan Behan, Irish author (died in 1964) | |
| February 9th, 1922 (February 09 1922) | Event | Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. | |
| February 9th, 1922 (February 09 1922) | Birth | Kathryn Grayson, American actress | |
| February 9th, 1922 (February 09 1922) | Birth | Jim Laker, English cricketer (died in 1986) | |
| February 9th, 1920 (February 09 1920) | Event | By the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized. | |
| February 9th, 1916 (February 09 1916) | Birth | Tex Hughson, American baseball player (died in 1993) | |
| February 9th, 1915 (February 09 1915) | Birth | Lennard Pearce, English actor (died in 1984) | |
| February 9th, 1914 (February 09 1914) | Birth | Gypsy Rose Lee, American dancer (died in 1970) | |
| February 9th, 1914 (February 09 1914) | Birth | Ernest Tubb, American singer (died in 1984) | |
| February 9th, 1914 (February 09 1914) | Birth | Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (died in 1986) | |
| February 9th, 1911 (February 09 1911) | Birth | William Darby, American WWII Army officer (died in 1945) | |
| February 9th, 1910 (February 09 1910) | Birth | Jacques Monod, French biochemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1976) | |
| February 9th, 1909 (February 09 1909) | Birth | Heather Angel, British actress (died in 1986) | |
| February 9th, 1909 (February 09 1909) | Birth | Carmen Miranda, Brazilian actress (died in 1955) | |
| February 9th, 1909 (February 09 1909) | Birth | Dean Rusk, 54th United States Secretary of State (died in 1994) | |
| February 9th, 1909 (February 09 1909) | Birth | Harald Genzmer, German composer (died in 2007) | |
| February 9th, 1906 (February 09 1906) | Birth | Andre Kostolany, stock market expert and speculator (died in 1999) | |
| February 9th, 1906 (February 09 1906) | Death | Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (born in 1872) | |
| February 9th, 1904 (February 09 1904) | Event | Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur | |
| February 9th, 1902 (February 09 1902) | Birth | Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women s leader (died in 1999) | |
| February 9th, 1901 (February 09 1901) | Birth | Brian Donlevy, Irish actor (died in 1972) | |
| February 9th, 1901 (February 09 1901) | Birth | James Murray, American actor (died in 1936) | |
| February 9th, 1900 (February 09 1900) | Event | Davis Cup competition is established. | |
| February 9th, 1897 (February 09 1897) | Birth | Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian pilot (died in 1935) | |
| February 9th, 1895 (February 09 1895) | Event | William G. Morgan modifies Mintonette to volleyball. | |
| February 9th, 1895 (February 09 1895) | Birth | Hermann Brill, German politician (died in 1959) | |
| February 9th, 1892 (February 09 1892) | Birth | Peggy Wood, American actress (died in 1978) | |
| February 9th, 1892 (February 09 1892) | Birth | Tommy Treichel, American professional wrestler (died in 1936) | |
| February 9th, 1891 (February 09 1891) | Birth | Ronald Colman, English actor (died in 1958) | |
| February 9th, 1891 (February 09 1891) | Death | Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (born in 1819) | |
| February 9th, 1889 (February 09 1889) | Event | The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established as a Cabinet-level agency. | |
| February 9th, 1885 (February 09 1885) | Event | The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii. | |
| February 9th, 1885 (February 09 1885) | Birth | Alban Berg, Austrian composer (died in 1935) | Alban Berg Quotes |
| February 9th, 1881 (February 09 1881) | Death | Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (born in 1821) | |
| February 9th, 1880 (February 09 1880) | Birth | Lipot Fejer, Hungarian mathematician (died in 1959) | |
| February 9th, 1874 (February 09 1874) | Birth | Amy Lowell, American poet (died in 1925) | Amy Lowell Quotes |
| February 9th, 1874 (February 09 1874) | Death | Jules Michelet, French historian (born in 1798) | |
| February 9th, 1870 (February 09 1870) | Event | The U.S. Weather Bureau was established. | |
| February 9th, 1865 (February 09 1865) | Birth | Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (died in 1940) | |
| February 9th, 1865 (February 09 1865) | Birth | Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (died in 1949) | |
| February 9th, 1861 (February 09 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama. | |
| February 9th, 1857 (February 09 1857) | Death | Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (born in 1798) | |
| February 9th, 1846 (February 09 1846) | Birth | Wilhelm Maybach, German automotive designer (died in 1929) | |
| February 9th, 1846 (February 09 1846) | Birth | Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (died in 1904) | |
| February 9th, 1839 (February 09 1839) | Birth | Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (died in 1896) | |
| February 9th, 1834 (February 09 1834) | Birth | Felix Dahn, German author (died in 1912) | |
| February 9th, 1830 (February 09 1830) | Birth | Abd-ul-Aziz, Ottoman Sultan (died in 1876) | |
| February 9th, 1825 (February 09 1825) | Event | After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States. | John Quincy Adams Quotes |
| February 9th, 1822 (February 09 1822) | Event | Haiti invades the newly founded Dominican Republic. | |
| February 9th, 1814 (February 09 1814) | Birth | Samuel Jones Tilden, 28th Governor of New York (died in 1886) | |
| February 9th, 1803 (February 09 1803) | Death | Jean Francois de Saint-Lambert, French poet (born in 1716) | |
| February 9th, 1800 (February 09 1800) | Birth | Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (died in 1844) | |
| February 9th, 1789 (February 09 1789) | Birth | Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (died in 1849) | |
| February 9th, 1788 (February 09 1788) | Event | The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp. | |
| February 9th, 1783 (February 09 1783) | Birth | Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (died in 1852) | |
| February 9th, 1782 (February 09 1782) | Death | Joseph Aloysius Assemani, Syrian orientalist (born in 1710) | |
| February 9th, 1781 (February 09 1781) | Birth | Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (died in 1826) | |
| February 9th, 1777 (February 09 1777) | Death | Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (born in 1706) | |
| February 9th, 1775 (February 09 1775) | Event | American Revolutionary War: British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion. | |
| February 9th, 1775 (February 09 1775) | Birth | Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (died in 1856) | |
| February 9th, 1773 (February 09 1773) | Birth | William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (died in 1841) | William Henry Harrison Quotes |
| February 9th, 1769 (February 09 1769) | Birth | Susette Gontard, the beloved of the poet Friedrich Holderlin (died in 1802) | Friedrich Holderlin Quotes |
| February 9th, 1763 (February 09 1763) | Birth | Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (died in 1830) | |
| February 9th, 1756 (February 09 1756) | Birth | Karel Blazej Kopriva, Czech composer (died in 1785) | |
| February 9th, 1752 (February 09 1752) | Death | Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (born in 1722) | |
| February 9th, 1751 (February 09 1751) | Death | Henri Francois d Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (born in 1668) | |
| February 9th, 1748 (February 09 1748) | Birth | Luther Martin, American patriot (died in 1826) | Martin Luther Quotes |
| February 9th, 1709 (February 09 1709) | Death | Francois Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (born in 1664) | |
| February 9th, 1675 (February 09 1675) | Death | Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (born in 1613) | |
| February 9th, 1666 (February 09 1666) | Birth | George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (died in 1737) | |
| February 9th, 1645 (February 09 1645) | Birth | Johann Aegidius Bach, German violistian (died in 1716) | |
| February 9th, 1640 (February 09 1640) | Death | Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (born in 1612) | |
| February 9th, 1621 (February 09 1621) | Event | Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation. | |
| February 9th, 1619 (February 09 1619) | Death | Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (born in 1585) | Philo Quotes |
| February 9th, 1555 (February 09 1555) | Event | Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake. | |
| February 9th, 1555 (February 09 1555) | Death | Rowland Taylor, English pastor (executed) (born in 1510) | |
| February 9th, 1533 (February 09 1533) | Birth | Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (died in 1611) | |
| February 9th, 1450 (February 09 1450) | Death | Agnes Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (born in 1421) | |
| February 9th, 1199 (February 09 1199) | Death | Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (born in 1147) | |
| February 9th, 1011 (February 09 1011) | Death | Bernard I, Duke of Saxony | |
| February 9th, 0474 (February 09 0474) | Event | Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. | |
