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 this day in history.  

1437  On this day in history sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70  

1544  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on December - 09.  

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

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

1625  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on December - 09.  

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 December - 09.  

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

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

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

1692  Death of William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist on December - 09.  

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

1718  On December - 09 death of vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopaedist (b. 1650)  

1767  On this day in history benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies  

1770  Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80 on December - 09.  

1793  Death of Gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (b. 1749) on this day in history.  

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 December - 09.  

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

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 December - 09.  

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

1887  On December - 09 death of mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese marabout and military leader  

1893  On this day in history george Elvey, composer, dies at 77  

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

1925  Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81 on December - 09.  

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  On this day in history morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies  

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

1447  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on December - 09.  

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  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on this day in history.  

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

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 December - 09.