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 January - 09.   

1499  On January - 09 johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43   

1514  Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36 on January - 09.   

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

1562  On this day in history death of amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)   

1571  On this day in history death of nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer (b. 1510)   

1598  On this day in history death of jasper Heywood, English translator (b. 1553)   

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

1679  Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1757  On this day in history death of bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (b. 1657)   

1766  Death of Thomas Birch, British historian (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79   

1799  Death of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian scientist (b. 1718) on January - 09.   

1800  On this day in history death of jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)   

1805  Death of Noble Wimberly Jones, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

1828  Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot (Neder-Rhijn), dies at 83 on January - 09.   

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

1848  Death of Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750) on this day in history.   

1849  On January - 09 jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83   

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

1854  Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1858  On January - 09 death of anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798)   

1863  On this day in history ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71   

1873  On January - 09 death of emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808)   

1876  On this day in history death of samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801)   

1877  On January - 09 death of alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799)   

1878  On January - 09 victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57   

1879  On this day in history don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86   

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

1893  On January - 09 mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle & is eaten   

1895  On this day in history death of aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)   

1901  On this day in history death of richard Copley Christie, English scholar (b. 1830)   

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1554  Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23) was born on January - 09.   

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

1574  Christoph Buel, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 January - 09.   

1699  On January - 09 birth of robert J Pothier, French lawyer   

1728  Thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy) was born on January - 09.