Historical Events In May - 09

0328  Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria on this day in history.  

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

1092  Lincoln Cathedral consecrated on this day in history.  

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

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  On May - 09 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 this day in history.  

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

1474  On May - 09 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  Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World on May - 09.  

1519  On May - 09 austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government  

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

1588  Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris France on this day in history.  

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

1667  On this day in history marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)  

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

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

1688  On May - 09 frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68  

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

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

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

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

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

1745  Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1753  On this day in history king Louis XV disbands French parliament  

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1147  On this day in history birth of minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)  

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

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

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 May - 09 birth of james Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)  

1793  On May - 09 birth of johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist  

1079  On this day in history death of stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered  

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

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

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

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

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

1474  On May - 09 death of peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded  

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