Famous Deaths Happened In May - 09
Thursday, 30 October 2025
1079 On May - 09 death of stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered 

1280 Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 on this day in history. 

1315 Death of Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282) on this day in history. 

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

1446 On May - 09 death of mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368) 

1460 Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies on this day in history. 

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 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 On May - 09 dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69 

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

1785 Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44 on May - 09. 

1790 On May - 09 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 this day in history. 

1805 Friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45 on May - 09. 

1822 On May - 09 charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62 

1850 Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

1864 "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50 on this day in history. 

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

1884 Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69 on this day in history. 

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 May - 09. 

1914 On this day in history death of c.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854) 

1915 On May - 09 death of françois Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887) 

1918 Death of George CoÅŸbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866) on this day in history. 

1926 Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies on May - 09. 

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