Famous Deaths In May - 09

1079  On May - 09 death of stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered  

1280  Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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

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

1474  Death of Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 09 frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68  

1707  On May - 09 dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69  

1745  Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  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  Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies on May - 09.  

1853  On May - 09 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  Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54 on May - 09.  

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 this day in history 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 CoÅŸbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866) on May - 09.  

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

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

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

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.