Famous Deaths Happened In May - 09

1079  On this day in history 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  Death of Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368) on May - 09.   

1460  On this day in history jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies   

1474  On this day in history death of peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded   

1590  Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66 on May - 09.   

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

1667  On this day in history death of marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)   

1688  On this day in history 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 May - 09.   

1747  On this day in history death of john Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673)   

1760  On May - 09 nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59   

1785  On May - 09 franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44   

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 May - 09.   

1805  On May - 09 friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45   

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

1850  On this day in history louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies   

1853  On this day in history johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73   

1861  Death of Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805) on May - 09.   

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

1880  Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69   

1889  Death of William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800) on this day in history.   

1903  Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies on this day in history.   

1905  On May - 09 ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78   

1914  Death of C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854) on this day in history.   

1915  Death of François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887) on this day in history.   

1918  On May - 09 death of george CoÅŸbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)   

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

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1147  Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) was born on this day in history.   

1265  On May - 09 birth of dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)   

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

1738  On May - 09 birth of john Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet   

1740  On May - 09 birth of giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)   

1783  Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader was born on May - 09.   

1785  James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms) was born on May - 09.   

1793  Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist was born on May - 09.