Today in Military History:
December 9
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 1758 | Battle of Rajahmundry. British rout French during the Seven Years' War. |
| | 1824 | Battle of Ayachusho. Peruvian Patriots defeat Spaniards essentially establishing Peruvian independence. |
| | 1917 | The city of Jerusalem falls to the British without a battle. |
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