Famous Deaths In May - 09

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

1280  Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 on May - 09.   

1315  Death of Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282) on this day in history.   

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

1474  Death of Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded on May - 09.   

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

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

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  On this day in history tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82   

1747  Death of John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673) on this day in history.   

1760  On May - 09 nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59   

1785  Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1790  On May - 09 death of william Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress   

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

1799  Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72 on May - 09.   

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

1822  Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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 May - 09.   

1880  Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history 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  On this day in history ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78   

1914  On May - 09 death of c.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)   

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

1918  On May - 09 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  On May - 09 birth of dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)   

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

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

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

1783  Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader was born on May - 09.   

1785  James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms) was born on May - 09.   

1793  Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist was born on this day in history.