Famous Deaths In May - 09

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

1265  On this day in history birth of dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)  

1596  On this day in history birth of abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter  

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

1740  Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville) was born on this day in history.  

1783  On May - 09 birth of alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader  

1785  On May - 09 birth of james Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)  

1793  On May - 09 birth of johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist