Famous Deaths In December - 09

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

1292  Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on December - 09.  

1437  On December - 09 sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70  

1544  On December - 09 death of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)  

1565  On December - 09 pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66  

1603  On December - 09 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  Death of Pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565) on this day in history.  

1641  Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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1669  On this day in history clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies  

1674  Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65 on December - 09.  

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

1706  On this day in history pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58  

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

1767  Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies on December - 09.  

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  On December - 09 death of johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (b. 1729)  

1814  Jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39 on December - 09.  

1819  Death of Ann C Coleman, fiancee of pres Buchanan, commits suicide on this day in history.  

1827  Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1830  Death of Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy (b. 1757) on December - 09.  

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

1858  Death of Robert Baldwin, Canadian politician (b. 1804) on this day in history.  

1887  On this day in history death of mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese marabout and military leader  

1893  George Elvey, composer, dies at 77 on December - 09.  

1905  On this day in history henry Holmes, composer, dies at 66  

1916  P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1924  On December - 09 bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70  

1925  Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

1930  On this day in history jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies  

1933  Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies on December - 09.  

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1392  Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) was born on this day in history.  

1447  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on this day in history.  

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony was born on December - 09.  

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

1571  On this day in history birth of adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect  

1579  On this day in history birth of martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)  

1579  On December - 09 birth of martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)  

1581  On this day in history birth of emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange