This day in History - January 9

389 Historic Events for January 9
1296 Event Earl Floris V signs accord with French king
1317 Event Phillips V, the Tall, crowned king of France
1349 Event 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses
1428 Event Pope Martinus V declares Jacoba van Beierens marriage invalid
1464 Event 1st meeting of States-General of Netherlands
1493 Event 1st sight of manatees (by Christopher Columbus)
1499 Death Johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43
1514 Death Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36
1522 Event Adriaan F Boeyens elected only Dutch pope (Adrian VI)
1554 Birth Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23)
1558 Event Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland
1570 Event Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1000-2000 residents of Novgorod
1574 Birth Christoph Buel, composer
1620 Birth Johann Weichmann, composer
1677 Death Aernout "Aert" van der Neer, cartoonist/landscape painter, dies at 73
1679 Death Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45
1695 Birth John E Loovens, lawyer
1699 Birth Robert J Pothier, French lawyer
1718 Event France declares war on Spain
1728 Birth Thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy)
1748 Birth Stefan Paluselli, composer
1760 Event Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat
1788 Event Connecticut becomes 5th state
1790 Birth Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet (Lycksalighetens)
1792 Event Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Jassy