January 9
day of the year
January 9 is the ninth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 356 days remain until the end of the year (357 in leap years).
Events
Pre-1600
400 – Aelia Eudoxia is officially crowned empress of the Eastern Roman Empire.
475 – Verina, the Eastern Roman dowager Empress, instigates a riot in Constantinople and persuades emperor Zeno, her son-in-law, to flee. The Byzantine senate, however, acclaims Basiliscus as emperor and not her lover Patricius.
681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
1038 – An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimated 32,300.
1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong of Song and others, ending the Northern Song period.
1349 – The Jewish population of Basel, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
1431 – The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen.
1601–1900
1693 – Sicily earthquake: The first of two earthquakes destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
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