Famous Deaths In February - 09

1011  On February - 09 death of bernard I, Duke of Saxony  

1199  On February - 09 death of minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)  

1450  On February - 09 death of agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421)  

1555  Death of John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy on this day in history.  

1567  Death of Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered on this day in history.  

1583  Death of Jeseph Sanalbo, Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake on this day in history.  

1588  On February - 09 marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies  

1617  On February - 09 hans Christoph Haiden, composer, dies at 44  

1619  On February - 09 death of lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585)  

1640  On this day in history murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27  

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1670  Frederik III, King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1675  Death of Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.  

1709  On February - 09 death of françois Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (b. 1664)  

1740  Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1751  Henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1752  Death of Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722) on this day in history.  

1765  Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer, dies at 33 on February - 09.  

1777  Death of Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706) on February - 09.  

1782  On February - 09 death of joseph Aloysius Assemani, Syrian orientalist (b. 1710)  

1803  Death of Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716) on this day in history.  

1811  Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies on February - 09.  

1812  On February - 09 franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57  

1817  Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54 on February - 09.  

1824  Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet, dies at 49 on February - 09.  

1846  On this day in history henry Gally Knight, architect/writer, dies  

1849  On February - 09 corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76  

1857  Death of Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) on February - 09.  

1860  Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1874  On February - 09 jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75  

1881  Feodor M Dostoevski, Russian novelist (Crime & Punishment), dies at 59 on February - 09.  

1891  On this day in history johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71  

1906  Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio on this day in history.  

1916  On this day in history hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer, dies at 90  

1917  On this day in history francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies  

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1404  Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor was born on this day in history.  

1441  Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub) was born on February - 09.  

1533  Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.  

1578  Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo) was born on February - 09.  

1579  John Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian was born on February - 09.  

1602  On this day in history birth of franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza  

1607  On February - 09 birth of abraham Megerle, composer  

1645  On this day in history birth of johann Aegidius Bach, German violistian (d. 1716)