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9th July

Events
1540: King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves, his fourth, is annulled.
1816: Argentina declares independence from Spain.
1877: The first Wimbledon tennis championship is held.

Births
1578: Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II.
1879: Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer.
1916: Edward Heath, British prime minister.

Deaths
518: Emperor Anastasius I.
1797: Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish statesman.

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