Famous Deaths Happened In May - 09

1079  On May - 09 death of stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered   

1280  Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1315  Death of Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282) on this day in history.   

1443  On May - 09 niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies   

1446  On May - 09 death of mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368)   

1460  Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies on this day in history.   

1474  Death of Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded on May - 09.   

1590  On May - 09 karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66   

1657  On this day in history william Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies   

1667  Death of Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48) on May - 09.   

1688  On May - 09 frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68   

1707  On May - 09 dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69   

1745  Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1747  Death of John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673) on May - 09.   

1760  Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 on May - 09.   

1785  Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44 on May - 09.   

1790  On May - 09 death of william Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress   

1791  Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53 on May - 09.   

1799  Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1805  Friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45 on May - 09.   

1822  On May - 09 charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62   

1850  Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies on this day in history.   

1853  Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73 on May - 09.   

1861  Death of Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1864  "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50 on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54   

1884  Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1889  On May - 09 death of william S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)   

1903  On this day in history rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies   

1905  Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78 on May - 09.   

1914  On this day in history death of c.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)   

1915  On May - 09 death of françois Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)   

1918  Death of George CoÅŸbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866) on this day in history.   

1926  Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies on May - 09.   

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1147  On this day in history birth of minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)   

1265  Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia) was born on May - 09.   

1596  On this day in history birth of abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter   

1738  On this day in history birth of john Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet   

1740  Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville) was born on this day in history.   

1783  On May - 09 birth of alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader   

1785  On this day in history birth of james Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)   

1793  Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist was born on this day in history.