Famous Deaths Happened In May - 09

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

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

1315  On this day in history death of hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)   

1443  On this day in history niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies   

1446  Death of Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368) on this day in history.   

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 May - 09 karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66   

1657  On May - 09 william Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies   

1667  On this day in history death of marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)   

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 this day in history tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82   

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  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 this day in history.   

1799  Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72 on May - 09.   

1805  On May - 09 friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45   

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

1850  On this day in history louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies   

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  On May - 09 hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69   

1889  On this day in history death of william S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)   

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

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

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 May - 09 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  Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 09.   

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.