History Events on October 09

Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
#Guayaquil

The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.
#Goyang_Geumjeong_Cave_massacre

Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
#Hoover_Dam

Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
#Battle_of_Lesnaya

Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
#Dublin_and_Kingstown_Railway

The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
#Black_Sox_Scandal

The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
#Prince_Frederick_Charles_of_Hesse

Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.
#Hobart

HMS Lutine sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
#HMS_Lutine_(1779)

The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
#Cook_Islands

Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
#Zhengding_Missionary_Murder

Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece, is assassinated.
#Ioannis_Kapodistrias

Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.
#War_of_the_Fourth_Coalition

The hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
#Hangul

In Italy, a large landslide a causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.
#Vajont_Dam

The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
#Universal_Postal_Union

North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
#2006_North_Korean_nuclear_test

An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
#Wuchang_Uprising

Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.
#Statute_of_Westminster_Adoption_Act_1942

The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
#Prague_astronomical_clock

Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
#Las_Cruces,_New_Mexico

James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
#James_I_of_Aragon

Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
#Roger_Williams

Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin massacring the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000.
#1740_Batavia_massacre

The steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
#SS_Volturno_(1906)

War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
#HMS_Detroit_(1812)

Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
#Binh_Tai_Massacre

Slavery in the British and French Caribbean: Slavery is abolished in Saint Barthélemy.
#Slavery_in_the_British_and_French_Caribbean

Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
#Raid_on_Berlin

American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
#Battle_of_Santa_Rosa_Island

A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
#Panama

The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.
#Yale_University

Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
#Uganda

The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
#Khmer_Republic

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
#Arakan_Rohingya_Salvation_Army

World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
#Siege_of_Antwerp_(1914)

Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.
#Carloman_I

Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.
#Malala_Yousafzai

Turkey begins its northern Syria Rojava offensive.
#2019_Turkish_offensive_into_north-eastern_Syria

Slavery in Latin America: Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
#Slavery_in_Latin_America

Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.
#Restauration_(ship)

Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
#Pope_John_Paul_II