Famous Deaths Happened In May - 09

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

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

1315  Death of Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282) on this day in history.   

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

1446  On this day in history death of mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368)   

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

1474  On this day in history death of peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded   

1590  On May - 09 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 May - 09.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1790  On May - 09 death of william Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress   

1791  On May - 09 francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53   

1799  On this day in history claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72   

1805  Friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45 on May - 09.   

1822  Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1850  On this day in history louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies   

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

1861  On this day in history death of peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)   

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

1880  Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1884  On May - 09 hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69   

1889  On this day in history death of william S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)   

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

1905  On May - 09 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 May - 09 death of george CoÅŸbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)   

1926  Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies on this day in history.   

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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 May - 09.   

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  James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms) was born on this day in history.   

1793  Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist was born on May - 09.