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On September 9, 337: Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.

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Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.

Year 337 (CCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Felicianus and Titianus. The denomination 337 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

People

Born on September 9

Luke Hughes 2003– American ice hockey player (born 2003)
Hailey Van Lith 2001– American basketball player (born 2001)
Ricky Pearsall 2000– American football player (born 2000)
Jordan Nwora 1998– American basketball player (born 1998)
Gabby Williams 1996– American-French basketball player (born 1996)
Clinton Gutherson 1994– Australian rugby league footballer
Cameron Cullen 1993– Australian rugby league footballer
Crazy Mary Dobson 1993– American professional wrestler (born 1993)
Sharon van Rouwendaal 1993– Dutch swimmer
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Shannon Boyd 1992– Australia international rugby league footballer
Damian McGinty 1992– Musical artist
Kelsey Asbille 1991– American actress (born 1991)
Lauren Daigle 1991– American singer and songwriter (born 1991)
Hunter Hayes 1991– American singer-songwriter and record producer
Oscar 1991– Brazilian association football player
Danilo Pereira 1991– Footballer (born 1991)
Billy Hamilton 1990– American baseball player (born 1990)
Shaun Johnson 1990– New Zealand international rugby league footballer

People

Died on September 9

Mark Norell American paleontogist (1957–2025)
John Cassaday American comic book artist and writer (1971–2024)
James Earl Jones American actor (1931–2024)
Caterina Valente Italian-French singer and dancer (1931–2024)
Annemarie Bostroem German poet, playwright, and lyricist
Einar H. Ingman Jr. United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1929–2015)
K. Kunaratnam Sri Lankan Tamil academic
Montserrat Abelló i Soler Catalan poet and translator
Firoza Begum Bangladeshi singer (1930–2014)
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Graham Joyce British writer (1954–2014)
Sunila Abeysekera Sri Lankan human rights campaigner
Alberto Bevilacqua Italian writer and film director
Saul Landau American journalist (1936–2013)
Verghese Kurien Indian entrepreneur (1921–2012)
John McCarthy Australian rules footballer
Mike Scarry American football player and coach (1920–2012)
Ron Tindall English cricketer and footballer
Gérard Brach French screenwriter and film director (1927–2006)

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Every September 9 on record

  1. 337 Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.

    Calendar year

    Year 337 (CCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Felicianus and Titianus. The denomination 337 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  2. 1000 Battle of Svolder during the Viking Age.

    Calendar year

    1000 (M) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1000th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1000th and last year of the 1st millennium, the 100th and last year of the 10th century, and the 1st year of the 1000s decade. As of the start of 1000, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

  3. 1141 Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.

    Emperor of Western Liao from 1124 to 1143

    Yelü Dashi, courtesy name Zhongde (重德), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Dezong of Western Liao (西遼德宗), was the founder of the Western Liao dynasty. He initially ruled as king from 1124 to 1132, then as emperor and gurkhan from 1132 to 1143. He was also known in Muslim sources as Nūshī Taifū, Qushqin Taifū or Qushqīn, son of Baighū.

  4. 1320 In the Battle of Saint George, the Byzantines under Andronikos Asen ambush and defeat the forces of the Principality of Achaea, securing possession of Arcadia.

    Part of the Byzantine–Frankish conflicts of the Frankokratia

    The Battle of Saint George took place on 9 September 1320 between the Latin Principality of Achaea and the forces of the Byzantine governor of Mystras, at the fortress of Saint George in Skorta in Arcadia. As a result of the battle, Arcadia, the heartland of the Morea, came firmly under Byzantine control.

  5. 1488 Anne becomes sovereign Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the union of Brittany and France.

    Queen of France (1491–1498; 1499–1514) and Duchess of Brittany (1488–1514)

    Anne of Brittany was reigning Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her death, and Queen of France from 1491 to 1498 and from 1499 to her death. She was the only woman to have been queen consort of France twice. During the Italian Wars, Anne also became Queen of Naples, from 1501 to 1504, and Duchess of Milan, in 1499–1500 and from 1500 to 1512.

  6. 1493 Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
  7. 1493 Christopher Columbus, with 17 ships and 1,200 men, sails on second voyage from Cadiz.
  8. 1499 The citizens of Lisbon celebrate the triumphal return of the explorer Vasco de Gama, completing his two-year journey around the Cape of Good Hope to India.
  9. 1513 James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
  10. 1543 Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
  11. 1561 The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.
  12. 1588 Thomas Cavendish in his ship Desire enters Plymouth and completes the first deliberately planned voyage of circumnavigation.
  13. 1739 Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
  14. 1776 The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
  15. 1791 Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
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  1. 1796 Grenelle camp affair, a failed uprising by supporters of Gracchus Babeuf against the French Directory
  2. 1801 Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.
  3. 1839 John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
  4. 1845 Possible start of the Great Famine of Ireland.
  5. 1850 The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
  6. 1850 California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
  7. 1855 Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
  8. 1863 American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  9. 1892 Amalthea becomes the last moon to be discovered without the use of photography.
  10. 1914 World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
  11. 1922 The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
  12. 1923 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
  13. 1924 Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
  14. 1936 The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
  15. 1939 World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.

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