Famous Deaths Happened In February - 09
Wednesday, 07 January 2026
1011 On this day in history death of bernard I, Duke of Saxony 

1199 Death of Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147) on this day in history. 

1450 Death of Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421) on February - 09. 

1555 Death of John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy on this day in history. 

1567 Death of Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered on this day in history. 

1583 On this day in history death of jeseph Sanalbo, Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake 

1588 On February - 09 marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies 

1617 Hans Christoph Haiden, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history. 

1619 Death of Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585) on February - 09. 

1640 On February - 09 murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27 

1670 Frederik III, King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60 on this day in history. 

1675 Death of Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history. 

1709 On February - 09 death of françois Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (b. 1664) 

1740 Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85 on February - 09. 

1751 On this day in history henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82 

1752 On this day in history death of fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722) 

1765 On this day in history elisabetta de Gambarini, composer, dies at 33 

1777 Death of Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706) on February - 09. 

1782 Death of Joseph Aloysius Assemani, Syrian orientalist (b. 1710) on February - 09. 

1803 On this day in history death of jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716) 

1811 Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies on this day in history. 

1812 On this day in history franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57 

1817 Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54 on February - 09. 

1824 On this day in history anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet, dies at 49 

1846 Henry Gally Knight, architect/writer, dies on this day in history. 

1849 On this day in history corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76 

1857 Death of Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) on February - 09. 

1860 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63 on February - 09. 

1874 On this day in history jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75 

1881 Feodor M Dostoevski, Russian novelist (Crime & Punishment), dies at 59 on February - 09. 

1891 Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71 on February - 09. 

1906 On February - 09 paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio 

1916 On this day in history hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer, dies at 90 

1917 Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies on this day in history. 

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