On this day: January 9

Events on January 9

• 1788 Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the United States Constitution. Wikipedia
• 1792 Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–92. Wikipedia
• 1797 War of the First Coalition: The siege of Kehl by Habsburg and Württembergian forces ended when French troops withdrew from their fortifications. Wikipedia
• 1839 The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. Wikipedia
• 1857 An earthquake registering 7.9 Mw ruptured part of the San Andreas Fault in central and southern California. Wikipedia
• 1878 Umberto I becomes King of Italy. Wikipedia
• 1909 Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time. Wikipedia
• 1916 World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula. Wikipedia
• 1917 First World War: Troops of the British Empire defeated Ottoman forces at the Battle of Rafa on the Sinai–Palestine border. Wikipedia
• 1917 World War I: A meeting of the German Crown Council decided upon the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare. Wikipedia
• 1957 British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty. Wikipedia
• 1970 The Presidential Council for Minority Rights, an appointed body to review legislation and prevent discrimination against minorities, was created in Singapore. Wikipedia
• 1972 The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association lost to the Milwaukee Bucks, ending a 33-game winning streak, the longest in major American professional team sports. Wikipedia
• 1972 Seawise University, formerly RMS Queen Elizabeth, an ocean liner that sailed the Atlantic for Cunard Line, caught fire in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. Wikipedia
• 1975 The Great Storm spawned the first of 45 tornadoes over a three-day period in the Southeastern United States. Wikipedia
• 1978 Iranian Revolution: Protests took place in Qom after an article insulting Ruhollah Khomeini was published. Wikipedia
• 1981 U.S. representative Raymond Lederer was convicted of bribery and conspiracy for his role in the Abscam scandal, but continued to serve his term for three more months. Wikipedia
• 1991 Representatives from the United States and Iraq met at the Geneva Peace Conference to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Wikipedia
• 1992 Radio astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced the discovery of two pulsar planets orbiting PSR B1257+12, the first confirmed detection of exoplanets. Wikipedia
• 1996 First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launched raids in the city of Kizlyar, Dagestan, which turned into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians. Wikipedia
• 2005 Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh. Wikipedia
• 2007 Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco. Wikipedia
• 2011 In poor weather conditions, Iran Air Flight 277 crashed near Urmia Airport, Iran, killing 78 of the 105 people on board. Wikipedia
• 2015 Contaminated beer served at a funeral in Tete Province, Mozambique, killed 75 people and made at least 230 others ill. Wikipedia
• 2015 A hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurred at a Jewish market in Vincennes. Wikipedia
• 2021 Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashes north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 people on board. Wikipedia

Born on January 9

• 1554 Pope Gregory XV (died 1623) Wikipedia
• 1879 John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (died 1958) Wikipedia
• 1890 Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (died 1938) Wikipedia
• 1902 Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (died 1975) Wikipedia
• 1908 Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author (died 1986) Wikipedia
• 1913 Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (died 1994) Wikipedia
• 1920 Clive Dunn, English actor (died 2012) Wikipedia
• 1922 Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate (died 2011) Wikipedia
• 1922 Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (died 1984) Wikipedia
• 1925 Lee Van Cleef, American actor (died 1989) Wikipedia
• 1928 Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (died 1994) Wikipedia
• 1941 Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist Wikipedia
• 1944 Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia
• 1955 J. K. Simmons, American actor Wikipedia
• 1956 Imelda Staunton, English actress and singer Wikipedia
• 1958 Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish assassin Wikipedia
• 1959 Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia
• 1970 Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia
• 1978 Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager Wikipedia
• 1982 Catherine, Princess of Wales Wikipedia
• 1989 Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress Wikipedia
• 2006 Sarah Toscano, Italian singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia

Died on January 9

• 1514 Anne of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France and Louis XII (born 1477) Wikipedia
• 1757 Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1657) Wikipedia
• 1799 Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (born 1718) Wikipedia
• 1833 Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (born 1752) Wikipedia
• 1848 Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (born 1750) Wikipedia
• 1873 Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (born 1808) Wikipedia
• 1878 Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (born 1820) Wikipedia
• 1908 Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (born 1832) Wikipedia
• 1923 Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1888) Wikipedia
• 1961 Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867) Wikipedia
• 1998 Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) Wikipedia
• 2013 James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919) Wikipedia
• 2017 Zygmunt Bauman, Polish sociologist (born 1925) Wikipedia
• 2022 Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, and television host (born 1956) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day: Adrian of Canterbury Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed Alix Le Clerc Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Berhtwald Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed Giulia della Rena Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Feast of the Black Nazarene (Manila, Philippines) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Julia Chester Emery (Episcopal Church (USA)) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Stephen (old calendar Eastern Orthodox) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Start of Hōonkō (Nishi Honganji) January 9–16 (Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism) Wikipedia
• Martyrs' Day (Panama) Wikipedia
• Non-Resident Indian Day (India) Wikipedia
• Day of Republika Srpska (Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, result of 2016 Republika Srpska National Day referendum) (note: not celebrated and disputed in wider Bosnia and Herzegovina, having been declared unconstitutional in 2015) Wikipedia

Sources

• Wikipedia — “January 9” — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/January 9” — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikidata — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “January 9” and the articles it links to (authors and history), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for January 9 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.