Famous Deaths In December - 09

1165  On December - 09 malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24   

1292  On December - 09 sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies   

1437  On December - 09 sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70   

1544  On this day in history death of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)   

1565  Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 on December - 09.   

1603  On this day in history death of william Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)   

1625  On December - 09 ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78   

1636  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on December - 09.   

1640  Death of Pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565) on this day in history.   

1641  Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1669  On this day in history clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies   

1674  Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65 on December - 09.   

1692  On December - 09 death of william Mountfort, English actor and dramatist   

1706  Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 on December - 09.   

1718  Death of Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopaedist (b. 1650) on December - 09.   

1767  Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies on this day in history.   

1770  Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history death of gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (b. 1749)   

1798  Death of Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (b. 1729) on December - 09.   

1814  Jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39 on December - 09.   

1819  On December - 09 death of ann C Coleman, fiancee of pres Buchanan, commits suicide   

1827  Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1830  Death of Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy (b. 1757) on December - 09.   

1854  On December - 09 death of almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (b. 1799)   

1858  Death of Robert Baldwin, Canadian politician (b. 1804) on December - 09.   

1887  On this day in history death of mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese marabout and military leader   

1893  George Elvey, composer, dies at 77 on December - 09.   

1905  On this day in history henry Holmes, composer, dies at 66   

1916  On this day in history p Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73   

1924  On this day in history bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70   

1925  Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1929  On December - 09 willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies   

1930  On December - 09 jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies   

1933  On this day in history morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies   

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1392  On this day in history birth of peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)   

1447  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on this day in history.   

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony was born on this day in history.   

1569  On December - 09 birth of martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice)   

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on this day in history.   

1579  On December - 09 birth of martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)   

1579  On December - 09 birth of martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)   

1581  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.