Famous Deaths In May - 09
Friday, 26 July 2024
1079 On this day in history death of stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered
1280 On this day in history magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42
1315 Death of Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282) on May - 09.
1443 On this day in history 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 May - 09.
1474 Death of Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded on May - 09.
1590 Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1657 William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies on May - 09.
1667 Death of Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48) on this day in history.
1688 Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68 on May - 09.
1707 Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69 on this day in history.
1745 On this day in history tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82
1747 Death of John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673) on this day in history.
1760 On this day in history nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59
1785 Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 May - 09 louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies
1853 Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
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 May - 09.
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 Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1914 On this day in history death of c.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)
1915 On this day in history death of françois Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)
1918 On this day in history death of george CoÅŸbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)
1926 On this day in history joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies
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