In deaths:
| May 9th 1079 | | Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered
| | May 9th 1280 | | Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42
| | May 9th 1443 | | Niccol¢ d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies
| | May 9th 1460 | | Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies
| | May 9th 1474 | | Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded
| | May 9th 1590 | | Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66
| | May 9th 1657 | | William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies
| | May 9th 1667 | | Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)
| | May 9th 1688 | | Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68
| | May 9th 1707 | | Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69
| | May 9th 1745 | | Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82
| | May 9th 1760 | | Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59
| | May 9th 1770 | | Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61
| | May 9th 1785 | | Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44
| | May 9th 1791 | | Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53
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