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This is a list of selected February 9 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
474 – As the seven-year-old Leo II was deemed too young to rule, his father Zeno was crowned as co-Byzantine Emperor. refimprove section
1555Marian martyr John Hooper, the Bishop of Gloucester, was executed by burning. no footnotes
1621 – Alessandro Ludovisi became Pope Gregory XV, the last Pope elected by acclamation. Need to verify facts, {{no footnotes}}
1895William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director in Holyoke, Massachusetts, invented a game called Mintonette, which evolved into volleyball. refimprove

Eligible

  • 1920 – The Svalbard Treaty was signed, recognizing Norwegian sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, but all signatories were also given equal rights to engage in commercial activities on the islands.

February 9

John Quincy Adams

  • 1913 – A group of meteors was visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude that the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
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