Famous Deaths Happened In May - 09

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

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

1315  Death of Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282) on May - 09.   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 09 death of marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)   

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

1707  On this day in history dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69   

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

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

1760  On this day in history nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59   

1785  On this day in history franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44   

1790  Death of William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress on May - 09.   

1791  On this day in history francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53   

1799  On May - 09 claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72   

1805  On this day in history friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45   

1822  On this day in history charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62   

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

1853  On this day in history johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73   

1861  Death of Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

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

1880  Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54 on May - 09.   

1884  Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69 on May - 09.   

1889  Death of William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800) on May - 09.   

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

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

1914  On this day in history death of c.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)   

1915  On May - 09 death of françois Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)   

1918  On this day in history death of george CoÅŸbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)   

1926  On May - 09 joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies   

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1147  Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1783  On May - 09 birth of alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader   

1785  James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms) was born on this day in history.   

1793  On May - 09 birth of johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist