WHAT HAPPENED ON 9. AUGUST
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Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus – Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. (9. August 48. BC)

Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople – A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths. Valens is killed along with over half of his army. (9. August 378)

Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete. (9. August 1173)

Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop. (9. August 1329)

Opening of the Sistine Chapel in Rome with the celebration of a Mass. (9. August 1483)

The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia. (9. August 1610)

Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire. (9. August 1810)

Indian Wars: the Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia. (9. August 1814)

The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains. (9. August 1842)

Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden. (9. August 1854)

American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope. (9. August 1862)

Indian Wars: Battle of Big Hole – A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army (9. August 1877)

Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph. (9. August 1892)

Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. (9. August 1902)

The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England. (9. August 1907)

A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India (9. August 1925)

Betty Boop makes her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes. (9. August 1930)

Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad. (9. August 1936)

Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement. (9. August 1942)

World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force. (9. August 1942)