Famous Deaths In December - 09

1165  On December - 09 malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24  

1292  Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on this day in history.  

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 December - 09.  

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 this day in history ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78  

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

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

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  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 December - 09.  

1798  On December - 09 death of johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (b. 1729)  

1814  Jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

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

1854  On December - 09 death of almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (b. 1799)  

1858  On December - 09 death of robert Baldwin, Canadian politician (b. 1804)  

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 this day in history 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 December - 09.  

1930  On December - 09 jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies  

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  On this day in history birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony  

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 this day in history.  

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

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