Famous Deaths In May - 09

1079  On this day in history death of stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered  

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 May - 09 jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies  

1474  On this day in history death of peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded  

1590  On this day in history karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66  

1657  William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies on May - 09.  

1667  Death of Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48) on May - 09.  

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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 May - 09.  

1745  On May - 09 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  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  On May - 09 claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72  

1805  On this day in history friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45  

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

1850  Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies on May - 09.  

1853  On this day in history 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  On this day in history "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50  

1880  On May - 09 johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54  

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

1889  Death of William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800) on this day in history.  

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

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

1914  On May - 09 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 Coşbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866) on May - 09.  

1926  On May - 09 joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies  

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1147  On this day in history birth of minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)  

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

1596  Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter was born on May - 09.  

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

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  Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist was born on this day in history.