Historical Events for 9th July 2023

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1541 - Estevão da Gama departs Massawa, leaving behind 400 matchlock men and 150 slaves under his brother Christovão da Gama, with orders to help the Emperor of Ethiopia defeat Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi who has invaded his Empire
1572 - Death of the Gorcum Martyrs: Calvinist militant force the Watergeuzen (the Sea Beggars) capture and hang 19 Catholic priests in Brielle
1672 - William III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland and Zealand
1810 - Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire
1932 - Yanks' Ben Chapman hits 2 inside-the-park HRs, tying record
1947 - Engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten
1985 - South Africa police arrested Dutch ANC'er Klaas de Jong
1986 - Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson
2006 - At least 122 people killed after a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers veers off the runway while landing at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia in wet conditions
2016 - Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3, equalling Steffi Graf's 22 Grand Slam singles tiles

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