What happend on 9th January

08.01
10.01
1878

Humbert I becomes King of Italy.

1863

American Civil War: Battle of Fort Hindman

1861

Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union, preceding the American Civil War.

1857

Fort Tejon earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 7.9

1839

The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.

1806

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.

1793

Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States.

1788

Connecticut becomes the fifth state to join the United States.

1768

Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London).

1760

Afghans defeat Marathas in Battle of Barari Ghat.