• 1771-02-09 - Daniel Belknap: Composer
  • 1773-02-09 - William Henry Harrison: Virginia, United States -- (Whigs) 9th President (March 4-April 4, 1841)
  • 1775-02-09 - Farkas / Wolfgang Bolyai: Hungary -- Mathematician (parallel axiom)
  • 1780-02-09 - Walenty Karol Kratzer: Composer
  • 1808-02-09 - Francesco Gomez da Rocha: Composer
  • 1814-02-09 - Samuel Jones Tilden: Philanthropist for New York Public Library
  • 1854-02-09 - Edward Carson: 1st Baron Carson, lawyer / leader (Irish Unionist Party)
 

  • 1751-02-09 - Henri F D'Aguesseau: Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82
  • 1765-02-09 - Elisabetta de Gambarini: Composer, dies at 33
  • 1811-02-09 - Nevil Maskelyne: 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811)
  • 1812-02-09 - Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Composer, dies at 57
  • 1817-02-09 - Franz Wilhelm Tausch: Composer, dies at 54
  • 1846-02-09 - Henry Gally Knight: Architect / writer
  • 1849-02-09 - Corneille Vander Planken: Composer, dies at 76
 

  • 1742-02-09 - British ex-premier Walpole becomes Earl of Orford
  • 1744-02-09 - Battle at Toulon (French / Spanish vs. English fleet of Admiral Matthews)
  • 1775-02-09 - English Parliament declares Mass colony is in rebellion
  • 1788-02-09 - Austria declares war on Russia
  • 1807-02-09 - French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon
  • 1822-02-09 - American Indian Society organizes
  • 1825-02-09 - House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US President
 

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