Famous Deaths In December - 09

1165  Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on this day in history.  

1292  On December - 09 sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies  

1437  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1544  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on this day in history.  

1565  Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1603  On this day in history death of william Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)  

1625  On December - 09 ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78  

1636  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on December - 09.  

1640  On December - 09 death of pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)  

1641  On December - 09 anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42  

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1669  On December - 09 clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies  

1674  Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1692  Death of William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist on this day in history.  

1706  Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 on December - 09.  

1718  Death of Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopaedist (b. 1650) on December - 09.  

1767  Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies on this day in history.  

1770  On this day in history gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80  

1793  On December - 09 death of gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (b. 1749)  

1798  Death of Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (b. 1729) on December - 09.  

1814  On this day in history jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39  

1819  On this day in history death of ann C Coleman, fiancee of pres Buchanan, commits suicide  

1827  On December - 09 francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90  

1830  On this day in history death of heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy (b. 1757)  

1854  Death of Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (b. 1799) on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history death of robert Baldwin, Canadian politician (b. 1804)  

1887  Death of Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese marabout and military leader on December - 09.  

1893  George Elvey, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1905  Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 66 on December - 09.  

1916  On December - 09 p Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73  

1924  Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70 on December - 09.  

1925  On this day in history eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81  

1929  Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies on this day in history.  

1930  Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies on December - 09.  

1933  Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.  

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1392  On this day in history birth of peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)  

1447  On this day in history birth of chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)  

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony was born on this day in history.  

1569  Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice) was born on December - 09.  

1571  On December - 09 birth of adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect  

1579  Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.  

1579  Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.  

1581  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.