Famous Deaths In May - 09

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

1280  On this day in history magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42  

1315  On May - 09 death of hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)  

1443  Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies on May - 09.  

1446  On May - 09 death of mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368)  

1460  On this day in history jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies  

1474  Death of Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded on May - 09.  

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 May - 09.  

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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 May - 09.  

1747  Death of John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673) on this day in history.  

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

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  Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69 on May - 09.  

1889  On May - 09 death of william S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)  

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

1918  On this day in history death of george Coşbuc, 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  On May - 09 birth of dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)  

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 May - 09.  

1783  On May - 09 birth of alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader  

1785  James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms) was born on May - 09.  

1793  Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist was born on this day in history.