Famous Deaths In May - 09

1079  On May - 09 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  On May - 09 death of hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)  

1443  On this day in history niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies  

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  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)  

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1688  Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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 May - 09 death of john Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673)  

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

1785  On this day in history franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44  

1790  Death of William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress on this day in history.  

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 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  On May - 09 death of peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)  

1864  On May - 09 "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50  

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

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 May - 09.  

1903  On May - 09 rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies  

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

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 May - 09.  

1926  Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies on this day in history.  

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1147  Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) was born on May - 09.  

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

1596  On May - 09 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 this day in history birth of alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader  

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 this day in history.