Famous Deaths Happened In May - 09

1079  On May - 09 death of stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered   

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

1315  On this day in history death of hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)   

1443  On this day in history niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies   

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

1460  Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies on May - 09.   

1474  On May - 09 death of peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded   

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 May - 09.   

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 May - 09.   

1707  Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69 on May - 09.   

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  Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59 on May - 09.   

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

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

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

1850  On this day in history louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies   

1853  Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54   

1884  On this day in history hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69   

1889  Death of William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800) on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies   

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

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 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  On May - 09 birth of minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)   

1265  On this day in history birth of dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)   

1596  Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter was born on May - 09.   

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  On this day in history birth of james Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)   

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