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  On this day in history lincoln Cathedral consecrated  

1265  On this day in history dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)  

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

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

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

1460  On this day in history court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1689  On this day in history english King Willem III declares war on France  

1707  Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69 on May - 09.  

1726  On May - 09 five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.  

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.