Famous Deaths Happened In May - 09

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

1280  On May - 09 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 this day in history.   

1446  On this day in history death of mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368)   

1460  Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies on May - 09.   

1474  On this day in history 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 this day in history frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68   

1707  Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53   

1799  Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72 on May - 09.   

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

1822  Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1853  On May - 09 johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73   

1861  On this day in history death of peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)   

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 May - 09 hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69   

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

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

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

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

1926  On this day in history joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies   

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

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

1596  Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter was born on this day in history.   

1738  John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet was born on this day in history.   

1740  Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville) was born on May - 09.   

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  On May - 09 birth of johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist