# On this day: June 9

June 9 is the 160th day of the year (161st in leap years), with 205 days left until the end of the year.

## June 9 in one line

Headline entries for June 9, from Wikipedia: in 747, Abu Muslim initiated an open revolt against Umayyad rule, eventually leading to the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate under the Black Standard; born 1672: Peter the Great, Russian emperor (died 1725); died 1870: Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (born 1812). In 2026 it is a Tuesday, in 2027 a Wednesday.

## Events on June 9

- 53 The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Octavia)
- 68 Nero dies by suicide after quoting Vergil's Aeneid, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero)
- 721 Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Toulouse_(721))
- 747 Abu Muslim initiated an open revolt against Umayyad rule, eventually leading to the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate under the Black Standard. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_revolution)
- 1523 Parisian printer Simon de Colines was fined for printing biblical commentary by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples without obtaining prior approval from theologians. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_Colines)
- 1534 Jacques Cartier is the first European to describe and map the Saint Lawrence River. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier)
- 1549 The first Book of Common Prayer was legally mandated by Parliament, introducing a fully vernacular Protestant liturgy to the Church of England. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer_(1549))
- 1772 In an act of defiance against the Navigation Acts, American colonists led by Abraham Whipple attacked and burned the British schooner Gaspee. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspee_affair)
- 1815 End of the Congress of Vienna: The new European political situation is set. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna)
- 1846 Hamilton, Ontario, was granted city status by the Parliament of the Province of Canada. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Province_of_Canada)
- 1856 The first company of Mormon handcart pioneers left Iowa City for Salt Lake City, Utah. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_handcart_pioneers)
- 1862 American Civil War: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson concluded his successful Shenandoah Valley campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson's_Valley_campaign)
- 1863 American Civil War: Union and Confederate forces fought the Battle of Brandy Station, the largest cavalry engagement to take place on American soil. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brandy_Station)
- 1885 Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tianjin_(1885))
- 1915 William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan)
- 1920 The courtesan Wang Lianying was murdered in Shanghai, leading to months of media and literary coverage. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Wang_Lianying)
- 1928 Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed the Southern Cross in Brisbane, completing the first transpacific flight. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kingsford_Smith)
- 1954 During hearings investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army lawyer Joseph N. Welch asked McCarthy: "At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army%E2%80%93McCarthy_hearings)
- 1965 Fighting began between the Viet Cong and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the Vietnam War. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_%C4%90%E1%BB%93ng_Xo%C3%A0i)
- 1967 Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_Heights)
- 1968 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Robert_F._Kennedy)
- 1973 The racehorse Secretariat, of Meadow Stables, won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, achieving the first American Triple Crown victory in a quarter of a century. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_(horse))
- 1982 Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force carried out Operation Mole Cricket 19, successfully suppressing Syrian air defenses in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mole_Cricket_19)
- 1999 Yugoslav Wars: The Kumanovo Agreement was signed, bringing an end to the Kosovo War the next day. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumanovo_Agreement)
- 2010 A child suicide bomber attacked a wedding in Nadahan, Afghanistan, killing at least 40 people and injuring at least 70 others. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Nadahan_bombing)
- 2019 Dominican-American retired baseball player David Ortiz was shot and severely wounded while at a bar in Santo Domingo. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ortiz)

## Born on June 9

- 1595 Władysław IV Vasa, Polish king (died 1648) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_IV_Vasa)
- 1640 Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1705) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_I%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor)
- 1661 Feodor III of Russia (died 1682) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodor_III_of_Russia)
- 1672 Peter the Great, Russian emperor (died 1725) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great)
- 1781 George Stephenson, English engineer, designed the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (died 1848) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephenson)
- 1812 Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer and academic (died 1910) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle)
- 1843 Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_von_Suttner)
- 1875 Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hallett_Dale)
- 1891 Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (died 1964) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter)
- 1915 Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul)
- 1916 Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (died 2009) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McNamara)
- 1917 Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (died 2012) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Hobsbawm)
- 1941 Jon Lord, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2012) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lord)
- 1961 Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer, and author [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Fox)
- 1961 Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter, producer, and playwright [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin)
- 1963 Johnny Depp, American actor [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Depp)
- 1978 Miroslav Klose, German footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav_Klose)
- 1978 Matt Bellamy, English singer, musician and songwriter [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Bellamy)
- 1981 Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman)
- 1982 Yoshito Ōkubo, Japanese footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshito_%C5%8Ckubo)
- 1984 Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Sneijder)
- 1988 Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Greek footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokratis_Papastathopoulos)

## Died on June 9

- 68 Nero, Roman emperor (born 37) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero)
- 373 Ephrem the Syrian, hymnographer and theologian (born 306) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephrem_the_Syrian)
- 597 Columba, Irish missionary and saint (born 521) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba)
- 1597 José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1534) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Anchieta)
- 1870 Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (born 1812) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens)
- 1927 Victoria Woodhull, American activist for women's rights (born 1838) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Woodhull)
- 1958 Robert Donat, English actor (born 1905) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Donat)
- 1959 Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Windaus)
- 1973 Erich von Manstein, German general (born 1887) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_Manstein)
- 1974 Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Asturias)
- 1989 George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Beadle)
- 1994 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Tinbergen)
- 2013 Iain Banks, Scottish author (born 1954) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Banks)
- 2017 Adam West, American actor and investor (born 1928) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_West)

## Holidays and observances

- Anniversary of the Accession of King Abdullah II (Jordan) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Jordan)
- Autonomy Day (Åland) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85land's_Autonomy_Day)
- Christian feast day: Aidan of Lindisfarne (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan_of_Lindisfarne)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Anna Maria Taigi [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Maria_Taigi)
- Christian feast day: Baithéne mac Brénaind [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baith%C3%A9ne_mac_Br%C3%A9naind)
- Christian feast day: Bede (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede)
- Christian feast day: Columba [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba)
- Christian feast day: Ephrem the Syrian (Roman Catholic Church and Church of England) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephrem_the_Syrian)
- Christian feast day: José de Anchieta [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Anchieta)
- Christian feast day: Primus and Felician [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primus_and_Felician)
- Christian feast day: June 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_9_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
- Coral Triangle Day [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Triangle_Day)
- Don Young Day (Alaska, United States) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Young_Day)
- La Rioja Day (La Rioja) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Spain)
- Murcia Day (Murcia) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Spain)
- National Heroes' Day (Uganda) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Uganda)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia — “June 9”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_9) — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/June 9”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/June_9) — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/) — 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)](https://github.com/vacanza/holidays) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article [“June 9”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_9) and the articles it links to ([authors and history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_9?action=history)), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for June 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.

## June 9 in the calendar

| Year | Weekday | ISO week | Moon (UTC) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Tuesday | 2026-W24 | 🌘 Waning Crescent |
| 2027 | Wednesday | 2027-W23 | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |
| 2028 | Friday | 2028-W23 | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
| 2029 | Saturday | 2029-W23 | 🌘 Waning Crescent |
| 2030 | Sunday | 2030-W23 | 🌓 First Quarter |

Moon phases are for the day in UTC; at the edges of a phase your local date can differ.

## Public holidays on June 9

- [🇨🇳 China](https://whathappen.today/holidays/china/): Dragon Boat Festival (2027)

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