Famous Deaths In May - 09

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

1280  Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 on May - 09.  

1315  On May - 09 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  On May - 09 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  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  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  Death of John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673) on May - 09.  

1760  Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 on May - 09.  

1785  Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

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

1791  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1850  Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies on this day in history.  

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

1861  On May - 09 death of peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)  

1864  On May - 09 "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50  

1880  Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1884  On this day in history hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69  

1889  Death of William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800) on May - 09.  

1903  On May - 09 rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies  

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

1914  Death of C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854) on this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history birth of dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)  

1596  On May - 09 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 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.