Timeline July 1909

Events in July 1909 8

• 1909 A thousand miles on foot through Syria Ottoman Syria At twenty, alone and against advice, he walked over 1,000 miles in three months to survey 36 crusader castles. He was robbed, beaten and caught malaria, and came back with the material for his thesis.
• 1909 Wimbledon 1909 Men: Arthur Gore · Women: Dora Boothby
• 1909 Constitutionalist forces capture Tehran Shah Mohammad Ali deposed, constitution restored in Persia Constitutionalist militias from Gilan and Isfahan seized Tehran on 16 July 1909, ending Shah Mohammad Ali Qajar's suspension of Persia's constitution. The shah was deposed and exiled to Russia, and his young son Ahmad Shah was installed on the throne under a restored parliament. The episode marked a decisive phase of the Persian Constitutional Revolution.
• 1909 – 1988 Andrei Gromyko (1909-1988) Died 2 July 1988, aged 78 Andrei Gromyko served as the Soviet Union's foreign minister for nearly three decades and later as its head of state. He was a central figure in Soviet diplomacy throughout the Cold War, including arms control negotiations with the United States. He died in Moscow shortly after retiring from politics.
• 1909 – 1989 Andrei Gromyko (1909-1989) Died 2 July 1989, aged 79 Andrei Gromyko served as Soviet Foreign Minister for 28 years, becoming one of the most prominent diplomats of the Cold War. Western officials nicknamed him 'Mr. Nyet' for his frequent use of the veto at the United Nations. He later served as Chairman of the Presidium, a ceremonial head-of-state role.
• 1909 – 1990 Andrei Gromyko (1909-1990) Died 2 July 1990, aged 80 Andrei Gromyko was the Soviet Union's foreign minister for nearly three decades and later served as head of state. He was a central figure in Soviet diplomacy throughout the Cold War, including arms control negotiations with the United States. He died in Moscow on 2 July 1990.
• 1909 First flight across the English Channel Louis Blériot completes the crossing in a monoplane French aviator Louis Blériot flew his Blériot XI monoplane from Calais to Dover on 25 July 1909, completing the first heavier-than-air crossing of the English Channel. The flight took about 37 minutes and won a £1,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail. It demonstrated the practicality of powered flight and intensified public interest in aviation.
• 1909 Tragic Week riots in Barcelona Anti-conscription unrest turns into anticlerical violence From 26 July to 2 August 1909, workers in Barcelona rioted against the mobilisation of reservists for Spain's war in Morocco, burning churches and convents across the city. Spanish authorities declared martial law and suppressed the uprising by force, killing well over a hundred people. The unrest led to the controversial execution of educator Francisco Ferrer that October.