Famous Deaths In May - 09

1079  Death of Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered on May - 09.  

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 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 May - 09.  

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

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

1590  Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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  Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68 on May - 09.  

1707  Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

1745  On May - 09 tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82  

1747  On May - 09 death of john Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673)  

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

1785  Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

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

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 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  On this day in history 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  Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78 on May - 09.  

1914  On May - 09 death of c.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)  

1915  Death of François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887) on this day in history.  

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

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

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1147  Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1738  On May - 09 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  James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms) was born on this day in history.  

1793  On May - 09 birth of johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist