Historical Events In May - 09

0328  On May - 09 athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria.   

1079  Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered on this day in history.   

1092  Lincoln Cathedral consecrated on this day in history.   

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

1280  Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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 May - 09.   

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

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 May - 09.   

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

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

1588  On May - 09 duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris   

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

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  On May - 09 english King Willem III declares war on France   

1707  On May - 09 dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69   

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

1738  On May - 09 england routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea &West-Indies   

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

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

1740  On May - 09 giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)   

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

1753  King Louis XV disbands French parliament on this day in history.   

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1147  On May - 09 birth of minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)   

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

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

1783  On May - 09 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  Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist was born on this day in history.   

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

1280  On May - 09 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  On May - 09 death of mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368)   

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

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 this day in history.