This day in History - June 9

475 Historic Events for June 9
68 Death Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31
641 Event Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria
922 Event French republic chooses Robert I, King of France
1075 Event Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German king Henry IV beats Saksen
1171 Death Jacob Ben Meir, [Rabbenu Tam], French Tosofist, dies
1361 Death Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet, dies at 69
1382 Death Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies
1456 Event 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1510 Birth Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Harlem
1525 Event Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch
1529 Event Zurich declares war on Catholic kantons
1531 Event Pope Clemens VII and Fran‡ois I sign secret treaty against Karel V
1534 Event Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River
1549 Event Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England
1549 Event England enforces Act of Supremacy
1572 Death Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra, dies at 44
1572 Event Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland
1573 Birth Henricus Hondius, Dutch etcher/publisher
1588 Event Spanish Armada sails from Lisbon to England
1588 Birth Johann Andreas Herbst, composer
1597 Death Jos‚ de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary, dies
1597 Birth Pieter J Saenredam, architecture painter
1628 Event 1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Mass
1640 Birth Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)
1656 Death Thomas Tomkins, composer, dies