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  On May - 09 death of hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)   

1443  On May - 09 niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies   

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

1460  On this day in history jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies   

1474  On May - 09 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 May - 09.   

1667  On May - 09 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 May - 09.   

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

1747  On May - 09 death of john Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673)   

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  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  Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1805  On May - 09 friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45   

1822  On May - 09 charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62   

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

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

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

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

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

1903  On May - 09 rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies   

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  Death of George CoÅŸbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866) on this day in history.   

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

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1147  On this day in history 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  John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet was born on this day in history.   

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