Historical Events In May - 09

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

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

1092  On May - 09 lincoln Cathedral consecrated  

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

1280  On this day in history magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42  

1336  On this day in history italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux  

1386  On this day in history treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England  

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

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

1460  On May - 09 court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings  

1460  On May - 09 jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies  

1474  Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded on May - 09.  

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

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

1519  Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government on May - 09.  

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 this day in history 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  On May - 09 marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)  

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

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

1688  Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68 on May - 09.  

1689  On this day in history 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  On May - 09 england routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea &West-Indies  

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

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

1740  Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville) on this day in history.  

1745  On May - 09 tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82  

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 May - 09.  

1596  On May - 09 birth of abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter  

1738  On May - 09 birth of john Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet  

1740  On this day in history birth of giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)  

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

1785  James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms) was born on this day in history.  

1793  Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist was born on this day in history.  

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

1280  On this day in history magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42  

1315  Death of Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282) on this day in history.  

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

1446  On this day in history 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  Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66 on this day in history.