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

1280  On May - 09 magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42  

1336  Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1460  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1519  On this day in history austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government  

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 this day in history.  

1590  On May - 09 karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66  

1596  On May - 09 abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter  

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

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  English King Willem III declares war on France on May - 09.  

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 May - 09.  

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

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

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

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

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 May - 09.  

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 May - 09.  

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

1783  On May - 09 birth of alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader  

1785  On May - 09 birth of james Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)  

1793  On this day in history birth of johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist  

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

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 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.