Famous Deaths In December - 09

1165  Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on this day in history.   

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

1437  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1544  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

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

1603  On December - 09 death of william Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)   

1625  On this day in history 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 December - 09.   

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

1674  On this day in history edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65   

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

1706  On December - 09 pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58   

1718  Death of Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopaedist (b. 1650) on this day in history.   

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

1770  On this day in history gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80   

1793  Death of Gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (b. 1749) on December - 09.   

1798  On this day in history death of johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (b. 1729)   

1814  On this day in history jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39   

1819  On this day in history death of ann C Coleman, fiancee of pres Buchanan, commits suicide   

1827  On this day in history francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90   

1830  On this day in history death of heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy (b. 1757)   

1854  Death of Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (b. 1799) on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history death of robert Baldwin, Canadian politician (b. 1804)   

1887  Death of Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese marabout and military leader on December - 09.   

1893  On December - 09 george Elvey, composer, dies at 77   

1905  Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 66 on December - 09.   

1916  On December - 09 p Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73   

1924  On December - 09 bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70   

1925  On this day in history eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81   

1929  Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies on December - 09.   

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

1933  Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.   

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

1447  On this day in history birth of chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)   

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 December - 09.   

1579  Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.   

1579  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)   

1581  On this day in history birth of emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange