Famous Deaths In May - 09

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

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

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  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.   

1688  On May - 09 frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68   

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

1745  Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82 on May - 09.   

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 May - 09.   

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

1791  On May - 09 francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53   

1799  On this day in history claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72   

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

1822  On this day in history charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62   

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  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 May - 09.   

1880  Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54 on May - 09.   

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  Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies on May - 09.   

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

1914  On this day in history death of c.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)   

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

1918  Death of George CoÅŸbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866) on this day in history.   

1926  Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies on May - 09.   

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1147  Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) was born on May - 09.   

1265  On May - 09 birth of dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)   

1596  Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter was born on May - 09.   

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

1740  Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville) was born on May - 09.   

1783  Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader was born on this day in history.   

1785  James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms) was born on this day in history.   

1793  Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist was born on May - 09.