Historical Events In May - 09

0328  Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria on May - 09.   

1079  On May - 09 stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered   

1092  On May - 09 lincoln Cathedral consecrated   

1265  On May - 09 dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)   

1280  Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1336  On May - 09 italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux   

1386  Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England on this day in history.   

1443  On this day in history niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies   

1450  'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated on May - 09.   

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  On this day in history columbus left Spain on his 4th &final trip to New World   

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

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

1573  On May - 09 polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king   

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

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

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

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

1671  Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels on May - 09.   

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

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

1689  English King Willem III declares war on France on this day in history.   

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

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

1738  On May - 09 england routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea &West-Indies   

1738  England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea & West-Indies on this day in history.   

1738  John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet on May - 09.   

1740  On May - 09 giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)   

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

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

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

1740  On May - 09 birth of giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)   

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 May - 09 birth of johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist   

1079  Death of Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered on this day in history.   

1280  Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1315  Death of Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282) on May - 09.   

1443  On May - 09 niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies   

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

1460  Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

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