What happened on this day in history?
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On this day (October 9) in history:
- 768 — Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.
- 1238 — James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
- 1264 — The Kingdom of Castile conquers the city of Jerez, which had been under Muslim occupation since 711.
- 1410 — The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
- 1446 — The hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
- 1514 — Marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor.
- 1582 — Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1594 — The army of the Portuguese Empire is annihilated by the Kingdom of Kandy on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.
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