This Day in History
Today: March 9, 2026
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Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.[1]
1009
First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.[2]
1226
Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.[3]
1230
Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.[4]
1500
The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494.[5]
1701
Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three-year occupation.[6]
1765
After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually died by suicide.[7]
1776
The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.[8]
1796
Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.[9]
1811
Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.[10]
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