Historical Events In May - 09

0328  On May - 09 athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria.  

1079  Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered on May - 09.  

1092  On May - 09 lincoln Cathedral consecrated  

1265  Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia) on May - 09.  

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

1336  Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux on May - 09.  

1386  Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England on May - 09.  

1443  Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies on this day in history.  

1450  On this day in history 'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.  

1460  Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings on May - 09.  

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

1474  On this day in history peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded  

1502  Columbus left Spain on his 4th &final trip to New World on this day in history.  

1502  On May - 09 columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World  

1519  Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government on this day in history.  

1573  Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king on May - 09.  

1588  Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris France on May - 09.  

1588  On May - 09 duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris  

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

1596  On this day in history abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter  

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

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

1671  On this day in history colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels  

1671  Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels on this day in history.  

1688  On this day in history frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68  

1689  On May - 09 english King Willem III declares war on France  

1707  On May - 09 dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69  

1726  Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn on this day in history.  

1738  England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea &West-Indies on May - 09.  

1738  On this day in history england routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea & West-Indies  

1738  John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet on this day in history.  

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

1745  Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82 on May - 09.  

1753  King Louis XV disbands French parliament 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 May - 09.  

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  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  

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

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