Famous Deaths Happened In May - 09

1079  On May - 09 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  Death of Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282) on May - 09.   

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

1446  Death of Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368) on May - 09.   

1460  Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies on this day in history.   

1474  Death of Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded on this day in history.   

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  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 May - 09.   

1707  On this day in history dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69   

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

1747  On this day in history death of john Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1805  On this day in history friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45   

1822  Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62 on May - 09.   

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

1853  On May - 09 johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73   

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

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

1880  On this day in history johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54   

1884  Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69 on May - 09.   

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

1903  On this day in history rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies   

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 May - 09.   

1918  Death of George CoÅŸbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866) on May - 09.   

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 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 May - 09.   

1793  On this day in history birth of johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist