Famous Deaths In May - 09

1079  On May - 09 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  On this day in history niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies  

1446  Death of Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368) on May - 09.  

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

1657  On this day in history william Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies  

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

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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 May - 09 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 May - 09.  

1785  Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44 on May - 09.  

1790  On this day in history death of william Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress  

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  On May - 09 friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45  

1822  On May - 09 charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62  

1850  Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies on May - 09.  

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 this day in history.  

1880  On May - 09 johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54  

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 this day in history.  

1903  Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies on May - 09.  

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

1914  On May - 09 death of c.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)  

1915  On this day in history death of françois Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)  

1918  On this day in history death of george Coşbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)  

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

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1147  On May - 09 birth of minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)  

1265  Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia) was born on this day in history.  

1596  Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter was born on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 09 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.