Famous Deaths In January - 09

1150  On this day in history death of emperor Xizong of Jin was murdered by Prince Hailing of Jin in a Coup d'état.  

1282  Death of Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (b. 1204) on this day in history.  

1283  Death of Wen Tianxiang, Prime Minister of China (executed) (b. 1236) on this day in history.  

1499  Johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43 on January - 09.  

1514  On January - 09 anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36  

1543  Death of Guillaume du Bellay, French diplomat and general (b. 1491) on January - 09.  

1562  Death of Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514) on this day in history.  

1571  Death of Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer (b. 1510) on January - 09.  

1598  Death of Jasper Heywood, English translator (b. 1553) on January - 09.  

1677  Aernout "Aert" van der Neer, cartoonist/landscape painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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1679  On January - 09 werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45  

1757  Death of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (b. 1657) on this day in history.  

1766  Death of Thomas Birch, British historian (b. 1705) on January - 09.  

1798  On January - 09 pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79  

1799  Death of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian scientist (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

1800  On January - 09 death of jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)  

1805  On January - 09 death of noble Wimberly Jones, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)  

1828  On January - 09 pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot (Neder-Rhijn), dies at 83  

1843  Caroline Herschel, "1st lady of astronomy", dies at 98 in Germany on January - 09.  

1848  On this day in history death of caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)  

1849  Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1853  Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1854  Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 on January - 09.  

1858  On this day in history death of anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798)  

1863  Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71 on January - 09.  

1873  On this day in history death of emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808)  

1876  Death of Samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801) on January - 09.  

1877  On this day in history death of alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799)  

1878  Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1879  Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1886  On January - 09 jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer, dies at 73  

1893  Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle & is eaten on January - 09.  

1895  Death of Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812) on this day in history.  

1901  On January - 09 death of richard Copley Christie, English scholar (b. 1830)  

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1554  Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23) was born on this day in history.  

1571  Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621) was born on January - 09.  

1574  Christoph Buel, composer was born on January - 09.  

1620  Johann Weichmann, composer was born on January - 09.  

1624  Empress Meishō (d. 1696) was born on January - 09.  

1695  John E Loovens, lawyer was born on this day in history.  

1699  On this day in history birth of robert J Pothier, French lawyer  

1728  On this day in history birth of thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy)