Famous Deaths Happened In May - 09

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

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

1315  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1474  On May - 09 death of peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded   

1590  On this day in history karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66   

1657  William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62   

1850  Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73   

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

1864  On May - 09 "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50   

1880  Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54 on May - 09.   

1884  Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1889  Death of William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800) on this day in history.   

1903  Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies on May - 09.   

1905  Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

1915  Death of François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887) on this day in history.   

1918  On May - 09 death of george CoÅŸbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)   

1926  On this day in history joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies   

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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  On this day in history birth of abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter   

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

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

1783  Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader was born on this day in history.   

1785  On May - 09 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.