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  Death of Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282) on May - 09.  

1443  Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  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 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  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 May - 09 franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44  

1790  Death of William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress on this day in history.  

1791  On May - 09 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 this day in history.  

1850  On May - 09 louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies  

1853  On this day in history johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73  

1861  On May - 09 death of peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)  

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

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  Death of William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800) on May - 09.  

1903  On this day in history rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies  

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

1914  Death of C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854) on this day in history.  

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

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  Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) was born on May - 09.  

1265  Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia) was born on May - 09.  

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

1738  On this day in history birth of john Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet  

1740  On this day in history birth of giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)  

1783  On this day in history birth of alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader  

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

1793  On this day in history birth of johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist