Famous Deaths In May - 09

1079  Death of Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered on this day in history.  

1280  On May - 09 magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42  

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

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 May - 09.  

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

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

1657  William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies on May - 09.  

1667  On May - 09 death of marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)  

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1688  Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68 on May - 09.  

1707  On this day in history dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69  

1745  On this day in history 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  On May - 09 death of william Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1884  On May - 09 hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69  

1889  Death of William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800) on this day in history.  

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

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  On May - 09 death of george Coşbuc, 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 May - 09.  

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

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

1738  John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet was born on May - 09.  

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 this day in history.  

1785  On this day in history birth of james Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)  

1793  On this day in history birth of johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist