1636
Second Manchu invasion of Korea
Conquest · East Asia
On this day
9 December
281 events in the atlas are dated to 9 December, from 730 CE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 281 events
- 730 – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1774
Siege of Melilla
Siege · North Africa · 1774 – 1775
1824
Battle of Ayacucho
Battle · South America
1948
Genocide Convention
Treaty · Europe
1968
The Mother of All Demos
Event
2024
Cyclone Chido
Event
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 3 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 17 events- 1714Seventh Ottoman–Venetian WarWar · Europe · 1714 – 1718
- 1636Second Manchu invasion of KoreaConquest · East Asia
- 1774Siege of MelillaSiege · North Africa · 1774 – 1775
- 1775Battle of Great BridgeBattle · North America
- 1612Battle of SwallyBattle · South Asia
- 1688Battle of ReadingBattle · Europe
- 1741Battle of Santiago de CubaBattle · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1798Founding of Piedmontese RepublicFounding · Europe
- 1794Founding of RubioFounding · South America
- 1758Battle of CondoreBattle · South Asia
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 37 events- 1824Battle of AyacuchoBattle · South America
- 1809Walcheren CampaignBattle · Europe
- 1856Founding of ColimaFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1812Founding of DublinFounding · North America
- 1873Founding of GaspéFounding · North America
- 1830Founding of IndaiatubaFounding · South America
- 1810Founding of GuarapuavaFounding · South America
- 1813Battle of the NiveBattle · Europe
- 1834Founding of PittsboroFounding · North America
- 1875Founding of Silver LakeFounding · North America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 125 events- 1948Genocide ConventionTreaty · Europe
- 1968The Mother of All DemosEvent
- 1902Venezuela crisis of 1902–1903Event · South America · 1902 – 1903
- 1940Operation CompassEvent · North Africa · 1940 – 1941
- 1946Nuremberg Medical TrialEvent · Europe · 1946 – 1947
- 1965Kecksburg UFO incidentAccident · North America
- 1915Sankebetsu brown bear incidentEvent · East Asia
- 1985Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish TortureTreaty · South America
- 1982murder of Linda CookNatural disaster · Europe
- 1931General Census of the Republic of Poland 1931Event · Europe
The 21st century
since 2001 · 99 events- 2024Cyclone ChidoEvent
- 2003United Nations Convention Against CorruptionTreaty · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 2016Impeachment of Park Geun-hyeEvent · East Asia · 2016 – 2017
- 2022QatargateCrime · Europe
- 20162016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisisEvent · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 20172017 Western Iraq campaignWar · Middle East
- 2011Treaty of Accession 2011Treaty · Europe
- 2017Islamic State insurgency in IraqRebellion · Middle East
- 2015United Nations Security Council Resolution 2250Event
- 20222022 Yangtse clashEvent · South Asia
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.