Historical Events In May - 09

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

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

1092  Lincoln Cathedral consecrated on May - 09.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 May - 09.  

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

1588  On this day in history duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris France  

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

1590  Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66 on May - 09.  

1596  Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter on May - 09.  

1657  On May - 09 william Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies  

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

1671  On May - 09 colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels  

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 May - 09.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) was born on this day in history.  

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

1596  On this day in history birth of abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter  

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 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  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  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 May - 09.  

1446  Death of Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368) on this day in history.  

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

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

1590  Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66 on May - 09.