Famous Deaths In December - 09

1165  Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on December - 09.  

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 December - 09.  

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

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

1603  Death of William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) on December - 09.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1641  On this day in history anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42  

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1669  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies on December - 09.  

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

1692  On this day in history death of william Mountfort, English actor and dramatist  

1706  On December - 09 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 December - 09 gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80  

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

1798  On this day in history death of johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (b. 1729)  

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

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

1827  On this day in history francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90  

1830  Death of Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy (b. 1757) on this day in history.  

1854  Death of Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (b. 1799) on December - 09.  

1858  Death of Robert Baldwin, Canadian politician (b. 1804) on December - 09.  

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

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 December - 09.  

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

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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 December - 09.  

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

1569  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice)  

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on December - 09.  

1579  Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.  

1579  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)  

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