1870 On June 9th, Dickens, the greatest British novelist and one of the most outstanding writers who criticized realism in the 9th century, died at the age of 58. His masterpieces include A Tale of Pickwick, david copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Bleak House, Hard Times, Great Expectations, Old Antique Shop, Dombey and Son, Little Li Du and Our Friends.

1On June 9, 885, the Qing government sent Li Hongzhang to sign the unequal treaty "Sino-French New Testament" with French Minister to China.

1On June 9th, 898, Li Hongzhang, Premier of the Qing government, and Claude Maxwell MacDonald, British Minister to China, signed the "Sino-British Special Provisions on Expanding Hong Kong Border" in Beijing, leasing Kowloon and its adjacent waters and islands to Britain for 99 years.

1On June 9th, 938, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the 8th Division of the Kuomintang Army to bomb the Yellow River levee at Huayuankou, Zhengzhou, in order to prevent the Japanese army from going south. Due to the failure to mobilize people to transfer beforehand, 890,000 people were drowned, and the affected population exceeded125,000, resulting in the Yellow River flood-stricken areas in Henan, Anhui and northern Jiangsu. Due to the breach of the Yellow River, the Japanese army decided to attack Wuhan along the Yangtze River and Huaihe River.