Famous Deaths In May - 09

1079  Death of Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered on May - 09.  

1280  On May - 09 magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42  

1315  On this day in history death of hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)  

1443  On May - 09 niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies  

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

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

1474  Death of Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded on May - 09.  

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  On May - 09 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  Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

1745  On May - 09 tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82  

1747  On May - 09 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  Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44 on May - 09.  

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 this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72  

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  Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies on May - 09.  

1853  Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73 on May - 09.  

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

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

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  On this day in history death of william S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)  

1903  Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies on May - 09.  

1905  Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78 on May - 09.  

1914  Death of C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854) on May - 09.  

1915  Death of François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887) on May - 09.  

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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1147  On May - 09 birth of minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)  

1265  Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia) was born on this day in history.  

1596  On May - 09 birth of abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter  

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

1740  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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