Famous Deaths Happened In May - 09

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

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

1315  On this day in history death of hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)   

1443  Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies on May - 09.   

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

1657  William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies on May - 09.   

1667  On this day in history death of marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)   

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  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  On this day in history nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59   

1785  On this day in history franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44   

1790  Death of William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress on May - 09.   

1791  Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53 on May - 09.   

1799  Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72 on May - 09.   

1805  On this day in history 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 May - 09.   

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 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  Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69 on May - 09.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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1147  Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) was born on May - 09.   

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

1596  Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter was born on May - 09.   

1738  On this day in history birth of john Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet   

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

1783  On this day in history birth of alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader   

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 this day in history.