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On October 9, 768: Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.

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Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.

Carloman I, German Karlmann, Karlomann, was king of the Franks from 768 until his death in 771. He was the second surviving son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon and was a younger brother of Charlemagne. His death allowed Charlemagne to take all of Francia.

People

Born on October 9

Ben Shelton 2002– American tennis player (born 2002)
Kyla Leibel 2001– Canadian swimmer (born 2001)
Penei Sewell 2000– American Samoan football player (born 2000)
Jharrel Jerome 1997– American actor (born 1997)
Megan Moroney 1997– American country singer (born 1997)
Jacob Batalon 1996– American actor (born 1996)
Bella Hadid 1996– American fashion model (born 1996)
Jodelle Ferland 1994– Canadian actress (born 1994)
Ani Amiraghyan 1993– Armenian tennis player
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Lauren Davis 1993– American tennis player (born 1993)
Jayden Hodges 1993– Australian professional rugby player
George Kittle 1993– American football player (born 1993)
Scotty McCreery 1993– American country singer (born 1993)
Wesley So 1993– American-Filipino chess grandmaster (born 1993)
Jerian Grant 1992– American basketball player (born 1992)
Sam Mewis 1992– American soccer player (born 1992)
Tyler James Williams 1992– American actor (born 1992)
Kevin Kampl 1990– Slovenian footballer (born 1990)

People

Died on October 9

George Baldock English-Greek footballer (1993–2024)
Dieter Burdenski German footballer (1950–2024)
Lily Ebert Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (1923–2024)
Lee Wei Ling Singaporean neurologist (1955–2024)
Clark R. Rasmussen American politician (1934–2024)
Leif Segerstam Finnish conductor and composer (1944–2024)
Ratan Tata Indian industrialist and philanthropist (1937–2024)
Jean Rochefort French actor (1930–2017)
Andrzej Wajda Polish film director (1926–2016)
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Ray Duncan American entrepreneur and vintner (1930–2015)
Richard F. Heck American chemist (1931–2015)
Geoffrey Howe British politician (1926–2015)
Ravindra Jain Indian composer, lyricist and playback singer
Boris Buzančić Croatian actor and politician
Jan Hooks American actress and comedian (1957–2014)
Carolyn Kizer American writer (1925–2014)
Peter A. Peyser United States congressman (1921–2014)
Rita Shane American soprano

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Every October 9 on record

  1. 768 Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.

    King of the Franks (r. 768–771) of the Carolingian dynasty

    Carloman I, German Karlmann, Karlomann, was king of the Franks from 768 until his death in 771. He was the second surviving son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon and was a younger brother of Charlemagne. His death allowed Charlemagne to take all of Francia.

  2. 1238 James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia.

    King of Aragon from 1213 to 1276

    James I the Conqueror was King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and King of Valencia from 1238 to 1276. His long reign of 62 years is not only the longest of any Iberian monarch, but one of the longest monarchical reigns in history, ahead of Hirohito of Japan but remaining behind Elizabeth II of Britain, Queen Victoria of Britain, Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, and King Louis XIV of France.

  3. 1410 The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.

    Medieval astronomical clock in the Czech Republic

    The Prague astronomical clock, or Prague Orloj, is a medieval astronomical clock attached to the Old Town Hall in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

  4. 1594 Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.

    Colonial empire between 1415 and 1999

    The Portuguese Empire was the first European colonial empire, existing between 1415 and 1999. In conjunction with the Spanish Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery. It achieved a global scale, controlling vast portions of the Americas, Africa and various islands in Asia and Oceania.

  5. 1604 Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.

    Supernova visible from Earth in the 17th century

    SN 1604, also known as Kepler's Supernova, Kepler's Nova or Kepler's Star, was a Type Ia supernova that occurred in the Milky Way, in the constellation Ophiuchus. Appearing in 1604, it is the most recent supernova in the Milky Way galaxy to have been unquestionably observed by the naked eye, occurring no farther than 6 kiloparsecs from Earth. Before the adoption of the current naming system for supernovae, it was named for Johannes Kepler, the German astronomer who described it in De Stella Nova.

  6. 1635 Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
  7. 1701 The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
  8. 1708 Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
  9. 1740 Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a massacre of the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing at least 10,000.
  10. 1760 Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
  11. 1779 American Revolutionary War: A combined Franco-American assault on British defenses during the Siege of Savannah is repulsed with heavy casualties.
  12. 1790 A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
  13. 1799 HMS Lutine sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
  14. 1804 Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.
  15. 1806 Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.
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  1. 1812 War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
  2. 1820 Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
  3. 1825 Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.
  4. 1831 Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece, is assassinated.
  5. 1834 Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
  6. 1847 Slavery is abolished in the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy.
  7. 1861 American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.
  8. 1864 American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia during Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign.
  9. 1873 A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
  10. 1874 The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
  11. 1900 The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
  12. 1911 An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Qing dynasty, beginning the Xinhai Revolution.
  13. 1913 The steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
  14. 1914 World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
  15. 1918 The Finnish Parliament elects Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse as King of Finland, but he never accedes to the throne due to Germany's defeat in World War I.

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