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A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History

Legacy of Athanasius: Defender of Orthodoxy (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)

11 min • 9 maj 2025

A Daily Dose of History (09 May 2025)

Today's historical events:

  • Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.
  • England and Portugal formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force.
  • 'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.
  • Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
  • The figure who later became Mr. Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England.
  • Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
  • Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
  • Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
  • American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
  • American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
  • Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
  • Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
  • Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
  • The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.

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