Famous Deaths In January - 09

1150  Death of Emperor Xizong of Jin was murdered by Prince Hailing of Jin in a Coup d'état on this day in history.  

1282  Death of Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (b. 1204) on January - 09.  

1283  On this day in history death of wen Tianxiang, Prime Minister of China (executed) (b. 1236)  

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

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  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  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.  

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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 January - 09.  

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

1798  Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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

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  On January - 09 caroline Herschel, "1st lady of astronomy", dies at 98 in Germany  

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 January - 09.  

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

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

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

1886  Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer, dies at 73 on January - 09.  

1893  On this day in history 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 January - 09 death of richard Copley Christie, English scholar (b. 1830)  

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1554  On January - 09 birth of gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23)  

1571  On January - 09 birth of karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)  

1574  On January - 09 birth of christoph Buel, composer  

1620  On this day in history birth of johann Weichmann, composer  

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

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

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

1728  On January - 09 birth of thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy)