Historical Events In May - 09

0328  On this day in history athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria.   

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

1092  On this day in history lincoln Cathedral consecrated   

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

1280  On this day in history magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42   

1336  On May - 09 italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux   

1386  On this day in history treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England   

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

1450  'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated on this day in history.   

1460  Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings on May - 09.   

1460  On May - 09 jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies   

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

1502  On May - 09 columbus left Spain on his 4th &final trip to New World   

1502  Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World on this day in history.   

1519  Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government on May - 09.   

1573  Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris France   

1588  Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris on May - 09.   

1590  On this day in history karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66   

1596  Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter on this day in history.   

1657  On May - 09 william Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies   

1667  Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48) on May - 09.   

1671  On this day in history colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels   

1671  On May - 09 col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels   

1688  On this day in history frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68   

1689  English King Willem III declares war on France on this day in history.   

1707  Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69 on this day in history.   

1726  Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn on May - 09.   

1738  On May - 09 england routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea &West-Indies   

1738  On this day in history england routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea & West-Indies   

1738  John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet on this day in history.   

1740  On May - 09 giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)   

1745  Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82 on May - 09.   

1753  King Louis XV disbands French parliament on May - 09.   

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1147  On May - 09 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  John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet was born on May - 09.   

1740  On this day in history birth of giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)   

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

1785  On this day in history birth of james Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1590  Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66 on May - 09.