Famous Deaths In February - 09

1011  Death of Bernard I, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

1199  On February - 09 death of minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)   

1450  On February - 09 death of agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421)   

1555  Death of John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy on February - 09.   

1567  Death of Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered on February - 09.   

1583  Death of Jeseph Sanalbo, Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1588  Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies on February - 09.   

1617  Hans Christoph Haiden, composer, dies at 44 on February - 09.   

1619  Death of Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585) on this day in history.   

1640  Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27 on this day in history.   

1670  Frederik III, King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60 on February - 09.   

1675  Death of Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.   

1709  Death of François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (b. 1664) on this day in history.   

1740  Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85 on February - 09.   

1751  Henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1752  Death of Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722) on this day in history.   

1765  Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer, dies at 33 on February - 09.   

1777  Death of Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706) on this day in history.   

1782  Death of Joseph Aloysius Assemani, Syrian orientalist (b. 1710) on February - 09.   

1803  Death of Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716) on February - 09.   

1811  Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies on February - 09.   

1812  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57 on February - 09.   

1817  On February - 09 franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54   

1824  On February - 09 anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet, dies at 49   

1846  On this day in history henry Gally Knight, architect/writer, dies   

1849  Corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1857  Death of Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) on February - 09.   

1860  Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63 on February - 09.   

1874  On this day in history jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75   

1881  Feodor M Dostoevski, Russian novelist (Crime & Punishment), dies at 59 on February - 09.   

1891  Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71 on February - 09.   

1906  Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer, dies at 90   

1917  Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies on February - 09.   

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1404  On this day in history birth of constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor   

1441  On this day in history birth of ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub)   

1533  On February - 09 birth of shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611)   

1578  Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo) was born on this day in history.   

1579  John Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian was born on February - 09.   

1602  On this day in history birth of franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza   

1607  Abraham Megerle, composer was born on this day in history.   

1645  Johann Aegidius Bach, German violistian (d. 1716) was born on February - 09.