2_9 Events in History.

434 Historic Events for February 9

1735 Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian Birth
1740 Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85 Death
1741 Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer Birth
1742 British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford Event
1744 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews) Event
1744 Amos Bull, composer Birth
1751 Henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82 Death
1756 Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer Birth
1765 Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer, dies at 33 Death
1771 Daniel Belknap, composer Birth

1772 Frans Mikael Franz‚n, Finnish-Swedish poet (Abo) Birth
1773 William Henry Harrison, Va, (Whigs) 9th Pres (March 4-April 4, 1841) Birth
1775 Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom) Birth
1775 English Parliament declares Mass colony is in rebellion Event
1780 Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer Birth
1783 Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homer) [OS=Jan 29] Birth
1788 Austria declares war on Russia Event
1799 USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I Event
1801 France and Austrian sign Peace of Lun‚ville Event
1807 French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon Event
1808 Francesco Gomez da Rocha, composer Birth
1811 Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies Death
1812 Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57 Death
1814 Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for NY Public Library Birth
1817 Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54 Death