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Historical Events on January 9

20 significant historical events occurred on January 9. January 9 has seen important events in history. On this date, the 1977 Argentine Grand Prix, a Formula One motor race, took place. It is also the date when Sriwijaya Air Flight 182, a domestic passenger flight in Indonesia, disappeared in 2021.

Total Events
20
Time Span
16462021
Categories
4
Top Category
war
12 events

22 famous birthdays on January 9

Including Simone de Beauvoir, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Sean Paul

Event Distribution by Century

Darker = Higher Density
17th C.21st C.

17th Century

1 event
war

1646 English Civil War battle

18th Century

3 events
war

1760 battle in Delhi between Afghanistan and the Maratha confederacy

politics

1789 treaty between United States and Native Americans

war

Part of the Rhine Campaign of 1796 during the War of the First Coalition

19th Century

5 events
war

1817 battle in the Venezuelan War of Independence

war

1847 battle during the Conquest of California

disaster

Severe wind storm that affected the Pacific Northwest in 1880

war

Battle of the War of the Pacific

war

1887 battle between the Ethiopian Empire and Emirate of Harar

20th Century

7 events
general

9 January 1917 German Crown Council meeting

war

1917 third and final battle of the recapture of the Sinai Peninsula by British forces during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of WWI

war

1918 Final battle of the American Indian Wars

war

1920 battle during the Russian Civil War

war

1921 short naval battle of the Russian Civil War

politics

1932 treaty between Albania and Bulgaria

general

1977 Argentine Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1977

21st Century

4 events
war

Third Battle of Elephant Pass

general

Maritime incidents in Libya

politics

Northern Irish governmental agreement

general

Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 — scheduled domestic passenger flight in Indonesia, lost on 9 January 2021

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