Famous Deaths In May - 09

1079  Death of Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered on this day in history.  

1280  Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 on May - 09.  

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

1443  Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies on May - 09.  

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

1460  Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies on May - 09.  

1474  On May - 09 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 May - 09 william Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies  

1667  Death of Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48) on this day in history.  

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1688  On this day in history frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68  

1707  Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69 on May - 09.  

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 this day in history.  

1760  Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1785  On May - 09 franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44  

1790  Death of William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress on May - 09.  

1791  On this day in history francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53  

1799  On May - 09 claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72  

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

1822  Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62 on May - 09.  

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

1853  On May - 09 johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73  

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

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  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  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 this day in history death of françois Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)  

1918  On this day in history death of george CoÅŸbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)  

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

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

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

1596  Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter was born on this day in history.  

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  Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader was born on this day in history.  

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.