9 February in history
9 events that happened on 9 February, from 474 to 1964.
474 CE 1,552 years ago
Child emperor Leo II crowns his father Zeno co-emperor
Seven-year-old Leo II, sole emperor since his grandfather's death in January, crowned his father Zeno as co-ruler. Leo died that November, leaving Zeno to rule alone.
✦ Anniversary of the day
1003 CE 1,023 years ago
Boleslaus III is restored in Bohemia with Polish armed support
Boleslaus III the Red regained power in Bohemia with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland, and his brothers fled again to Germany. He soon undermined his position by ordering a massacre of the Vršovci nobles.
1234 CE 792 years ago
Caizhou falls to the Mongols and the Song, ending the Jin
Mongol and Southern Song forces took Caizhou in Henan, under siege since December 1233. The Jin emperor Aizong had killed himself, and his short-lived successor died in the street fighting, ending the Jurchen Jin dynasty.
1775 CE 251 years ago
Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion
Both Houses of Parliament declared Massachusetts in a state of rebellion and asked the King to enforce the law. Fighting broke out at Lexington and Concord two months later.
1861 CE 165 years ago
Jefferson Davis elected provisional President of the Confederacy
Meeting in Montgomery, the Confederate provisional Congress chose Davis, a former Mississippi senator and US Secretary of War. He led the Confederacy throughout the Civil War.
1950 CE 76 years ago
Joseph McCarthy claims to have a list of communists in the State Department
In a speech at Wheeling, West Virginia, the Wisconsin senator said he held a list of 205 communists in the State Department. The charge launched years of anti-communist investigations.
1959 CE 67 years ago
Soviet R-7 becomes the first operational ICBM
The R-7 Semyorka, the rocket that had launched Sputnik, entered service as the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile. Its descendants still launch Soyuz spacecraft.
1964 CE 62 years ago
The Beatles appear on 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
An estimated 73 million Americans watched the Beatles' first live US television appearance. The broadcast launched the 'British Invasion' of American popular music.
Born on 9 February 4
Died on 9 February 6
Dates as the sources give them: in the Julian calendar before 1582, and in some countries for longer (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918). Only people whose day of birth or death the records agree on are listed.