• 1810-05-09 - Louis Gallait, historical Painter
  • 1810-05-09 - WFLC Marianne, Princess of Orange-Nassau / Daughter of King Willem I
  • 1814-05-09 - Adolph von Henselt, Composer
  • 1824-05-09 - William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army)
  • 1829-05-09 - Ciro Pinsuti, pianist / Composer
  • 1833-05-09 - Boleslaw Dembinski, Composer
  • 1837-05-09 - Adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)
 

  • 1760-05-09 - Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59
  • 1770-05-09 - Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61
  • 1785-05-09 - Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44
  • 1791-05-09 - Francis Hopkinson, US writer / music / lawyer, dies at 53
  • 1799-05-09 - Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72
  • 1805-05-09 - Friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45
  • 1805-05-09 - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, Poet / playwright, dies at 45
 

  • 1689-05-09 - English King Willem III declares war on France
  • 1738-05-09 - England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea & West-Indies
  • 1753-05-09 - King Louis XV disbands French parliament
  • 1754-05-09 - 1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die"
  • 1766-05-09 - John Byron back in England after trip around the world
  • 1785-05-09 - British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle
  • 1788-05-09 - English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade
 

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