Famous Deaths Happened In May - 09

1079  Death of Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered on May - 09.   

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

1315  On May - 09 death of hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)   

1443  Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies on this day in history.   

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

1460  On this day in history jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies   

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 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 May - 09 dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69   

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  On May - 09 franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44   

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  Friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45 on May - 09.   

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

1850  Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies on this day in history.   

1853  On May - 09 johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73   

1861  Death of Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805) on May - 09.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1903  Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies on this day in history.   

1905  On May - 09 ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78   

1914  Death of C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854) on this day in history.   

1915  Death of François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887) on May - 09.   

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

1926  On this day in history joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies   

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1147  Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) was born on May - 09.   

1265  Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia) was born on May - 09.   

1596  On this day in history birth of abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter   

1738  On this day in history 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  Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist was born on this day in history.