Famous Deaths Happened In May - 09

1079  On May - 09 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  Death of Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282) on May - 09.   

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

1590  On May - 09 karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66   

1657  On May - 09 william Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies   

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

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

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  On this day in history nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59   

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  Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45   

1822  Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1850  On this day in history louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies   

1853  Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73 on May - 09.   

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  On May - 09 johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54   

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

1905  On May - 09 ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78   

1914  Death of C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854) on May - 09.   

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

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

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