7_9 Events in History.

386 Historic Events for July 9

1819 Elias Howe, Spencer Mass, invented sewing machine Birth
1821 Tommaso Sogner, composer, dies at 58 Death
1825 Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters) Birth
1831 Johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer Birth
1834 Jan Neruda, Czech writer/poet (Povidky Malostransk‚) Birth
1835 St Etienne-Lyons railway opens in France Event
1839 Carl Baermann, composer Birth
1841 Carl Christian Lumbye, composer Birth
1842 Notary Stamp Law passes Event
1843 Washington Allston, US painter/author, dies at 63 Death

1845 Jacob earl of Rechteren/Appeltern, gov of Gelderland, dies at 57 Death
1846 Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (SF) for US Event
1850 B b, [Bah '¡ prophet] executed in Tabriz Iran Death
1850 Sajjid Ali Mohammed Bab, Persian founder of Babism Death
1850 Zachary Taylor, 12th pres (1849-50), dies in White House at 65 Death
1852 Fire destroys 1,100 construction sites in Montreal Canada and no one die Event
1853 Adm Perry and US Navy visit Japan Event
1855 Johann P Zilcher, German composer Birth
1856 Daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum) Birth
1856 Nikola Tesla, Croatia, electrical engineer/inventor (Tesla Coil) Birth
1857 Frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18) Birth
1858 Franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist (Mind of Primitive Man) Birth
1860 Temperature hits 115øF in Ft Scott and 112øF in Topeka Kansas Event
1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Ky Event
1863 R Morgan's: Indiana [->JUL 13] Event