Famous Deaths In May - 09

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 May - 09.   

1315  On May - 09 death of hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)   

1443  Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies on this day in history.   

1446  Death of Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368) on May - 09.   

1460  On this day in history jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies   

1474  Death of Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded on this day in history.   

1590  Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1667  Death of Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48) on this day in history.   

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

1707  Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69 on this day in history.   

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

1747  Death of John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673) on May - 09.   

1760  Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 on May - 09.   

1785  On May - 09 franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44   

1790  Death of William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress on this day in history.   

1791  Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1799  On May - 09 claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72   

1805  On May - 09 friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45   

1822  On May - 09 charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62   

1850  Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies on May - 09.   

1853  Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73 on May - 09.   

1861  Death of Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1864  "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50 on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54   

1884  On this day in history hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69   

1889  Death of William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800) on May - 09.   

1903  Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78   

1914  Death of C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854) on May - 09.   

1915  On this day in history death of françois Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)   

1918  On this day in history death of george CoÅŸbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)   

1926  Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies on May - 09.   

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

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

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

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