WHAT HAPPENED ON 9. FEBRUARY
Want to find out what all happened on 9. February

Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. (9. February 474)

Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake. (9. February 1555)

Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation. (9. February 1621)

The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War. (9. February 1654)

American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion. (9. February 1775)

The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp. (9. February 1788)

After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States. (9. February 1825)

New Roman Republic established (9. February 1849)

American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama. (9. February 1861)

President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau. (9. February 1870)

President Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency. (9. February 1889)

William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball. (9. February 1895)

The Davis Cup competition is established. (9. February 1900)

Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes. (9. February 1904)

A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth. (9. February 1913)

Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized. (9. February 1920)

Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. (9. February 1922)

The Balkan Entente is formed. (9. February 1934)

World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war. (9. February 1942)

Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources. (9. February 1942)