Famous Deaths In May - 09
Wednesday, 17 August 2022
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 Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies on May - 09.
1446 Death of Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368) on this day in history.
1460 On this day in history jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies
1474 On May - 09 death of peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded
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 Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69 on May - 09.
1745 On this day in history tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82
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 this day in history franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44
1790 On this day in history 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 this day in history friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45
1822 On this day in history charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62
1850 On this day in history 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 May - 09.
1864 On May - 09 "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 May - 09 hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69
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 this day in history.
1914 Death of C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854) on May - 09.
1915 On May - 09 death of françois Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)
1918 Death of George Coşbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866) on this day in history.
1926 Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies on May - 09.
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