Famous Deaths In February - 09

1011  On February - 09 death of bernard I, Duke of Saxony  

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

1450  Death of Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421) on February - 09.  

1555  On this day in history death of john Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy  

1567  On February - 09 death of henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered  

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 this day in history.  

1617  Hans Christoph Haiden, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1619  On this day in history death of lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585)  

1640  On February - 09 murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27  

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

1675  Death of Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, buried on February - 09.  

1709  On this day in history death of françois Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (b. 1664)  

1740  On this day in history vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85  

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

1752  On February - 09 death of fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722)  

1765  On February - 09 elisabetta de Gambarini, composer, dies at 33  

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

1782  On this day in history death of joseph Aloysius Assemani, Syrian orientalist (b. 1710)  

1803  On February - 09 death of jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716)  

1811  On this day in history nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies  

1812  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1817  On this day in history franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54  

1824  Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1846  On February - 09 henry Gally Knight, architect/writer, dies  

1849  Corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76 on February - 09.  

1857  Death of Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) on this day in history.  

1860  On February - 09 eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63  

1874  Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1881  On this day in history feodor M Dostoevski, Russian novelist (Crime & Punishment), dies at 59  

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 February - 09.  

1916  Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1917  Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies on this day in history.  

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1404  On February - 09 birth of constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor  

1441  Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub) was born on February - 09.  

1533  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611)  

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

1579  On this day in history birth of john Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian  

1602  On February - 09 birth of franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza  

1607  Abraham Megerle, composer was born on February - 09.  

1645  Johann Aegidius Bach, German violistian (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.