Today is Thursday, February 9, the 40th day of 2017. There are 325 days left in the year.
1267 — Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps
1499 — France & Venice sign treaty against Milan
1537 — Pope Paul III routes Cardinal Pole to England
1540 — The first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)
1554 — Battle at London Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated
1574 — Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht
1621 — Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV
1667 — Treaty of Andrussovo Russia/ Poland signs peace treaty
1674 — English re-conquer New York from Netherlands