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  Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies on this day in history.  

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

1460  Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies on May - 09.  

1474  Death of Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded on this day in history.  

1590  On this day in history karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66  

1657  William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies on this day in history.  

1667  Death of Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48) on this day in history.  

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1688  Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1707  Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

1745  On this day in history tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82  

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

1805  On May - 09 friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45  

1822  Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62 on May - 09.  

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

1853  On this day in history johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73  

1861  Death of Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805) on this day in history.  

1864  "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50 on this day in history.  

1880  On this day in history johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54  

1884  Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1889  On this day in history death of william S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)  

1903  Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies on this day in history.  

1905  Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

1915  On May - 09 death of françois Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)  

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

1926  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1596  Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter was born on May - 09.  

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

1740  Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville) was born on May - 09.  

1783  On this day in history birth of alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader  

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.