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 May - 09.   

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  Death of Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded on May - 09.   

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 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  On this day in history 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  Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44 on May - 09.   

1790  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1850  On May - 09 louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies   

1853  Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1861  Death of Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805) on May - 09.   

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

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

1884  On this day in history hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69   

1889  On May - 09 death of william S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)   

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

1905  Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78 on May - 09.   

1914  On May - 09 death of c.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)   

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.