THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 9
April 9 in history
What happened on April 9: 4 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1241, 1865, 1940 and 1989, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Legnica
9 Apr 1241 — The Mongol force at Legnica is a feint, sent to keep Poland off Hungary’s flank. It destroys Duke Henry’s army of Poles, Germans and military orders. The chronicles report nine sacks of ears. European heavy cavalry has encountered the composite bow and the feigned retreat.
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— Surrender at Appomattox
9 Apr 1865 — Cut off both ahead and behind, Lee surrenders 28,000 men. Grant’s terms allow officers to keep their sidearms and men who own horses to keep them “for the spring plowing.” Chamberlain’s men present arms as the surrendering column passes.
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Germany seizes Denmark in a morning and lands across Norway — the iron-ore road must be kept open.
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— April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi
9 Apr 1989 — Outside Georgia’s government house, Soviet troops broke up a peaceful pro-independence vigil using clubs, sharpened spades and gas. Twenty-one people were killed, most of them women. The killings turned Georgian opinion decisively toward independence.
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