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

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

1565  On this day in history 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  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

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1669  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1706  Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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  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  Death of Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (b. 1729) on this day in history.  

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

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 December - 09.  

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

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

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

1905  On December - 09 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  On December - 09 eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81  

1929  On December - 09 willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies  

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

1933  On December - 09 morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies  

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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 December - 09.  

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 December - 09.  

1579  Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.  

1581  On December - 09 birth of emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange