WHAT HAPPENED ON 9. DECEMBER
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Odoacer, first King of Italy, occupies Dalmatia. He later establishes his political power with the co-operation of the Roman Senate. (9. December 480)

Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flee the capital. (9. December 536)

Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami. (9. December 730)

The Catholic University of Leuven is founded. (9. December 1425)

The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City. (9. December 1531)

American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward. (9. December 1775)

New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster. (9. December 1793)

Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence. (9. December 1824)

Texas Revolution: The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas. (9. December 1835)

The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec. (9. December 1851)

The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces. (9. December 1856)

American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress. (9. December 1861)

In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state. (9. December 1872)

The Massachusetts Rifle Association, "America's Oldest Active Gun Club", is founded. (9. December 1875)

Statistician Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department. (9. December 1888)

Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde, in Paris. (9. December 1897)

In France, the law separating church and state is passed. (9. December 1905)

A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines. (9. December 1911)

World War I: In Palestine, Field Marshal Edmund Allenby captures Jerusalem. (9. December 1917)

Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland. (9. December 1922)