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Who died on January 9
123 figures who shaped history died on January 9.
- 123deaths
- 59events
Best known
Best known
Wen Tianxiang
Song dynasty poet and politician
John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg
Elector of Brandenburg from 1486 to 1499
Demetrios Chalkokondyles
Greek scholar
Anne of Brittany
Queen of France (1491–1498; 1499–1514) and Duchess of Brittany
Wang Yangming
Chinese official and philosopher
Johannes Aventinus
Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist
Wen Tianxiang — Song dynasty poet and politician, who died on January 9 1283.
John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg — Elector of Brandenburg from 1486 to 1499, who died on January 9 1499.
Demetrios Chalkokondyles — Greek scholar, who died on January 9 1511.
Anne of Brittany — Queen of France (1491–1498; 1499–1514) and Duchess of Brittany, who died on January 9 1514.
Wang Yangming — Chinese official and philosopher, who died on January 9 1529.
Johannes Aventinus — Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist, who died on January 9 1534.
All entries
- 710AAdrian of Canterbury8th-century Berber abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury and saint
- 1150EEmperor Xizong of JinEmperor of Jin from 1135 to 1150
- 1282AAbu Uthman Sa'id ibn Hakam al-Qurashi
- 1367
Giulia della Rena
- 1450AAdam Moleyns15th-century Bishop of Chichester
- 1463
William Neville, Earl of Kent15th-century English nobleman and soldier - 1543
Guillaume du BellayFrench diplomat and general - 1561
Amago HaruhisaJapanese warlord - 1571
Nicolas Durand de VillegagnonFrench soldier, knight, and explorer - 1598JJasper HeywoodEnglish Jesuit priest
- 1612
Leonard Holliday - 1622
Alix Le ClercFrench founder of religious order - 1757
Bernard Le Bovier de FontenelleFrench writer and philosopher of the enlightenment - 1762
Antonio de Benavides - 1766
Thomas BirchEnglish historian - 1799
Maria Gaetana AgnesiItalian mathematician and philanthropist - 1800
Jean-Étienne ChampionnetFrench Army officer - 1805
Noble Wimberly JonesAmerican politician - 1833
Adrien-Marie LegendreFrench mathematician - 1843
William HedleyEnglish inventor and industrial engineer - 1848
Caroline HerschelGerman-British astronomer - 1856
Neophytos VamvasGreek cleric and philologist - 1858
Anson JonesPresident of the Republic of Texas from 1844 to 1846 - 1873
Napoleon IIIEmperor of the French from 1852 to 1870 - 1876
Samuel Gridley HoweAmerican educator and abolitionist - 1878
Victor Emmanuel IIKing of Italy from 1861 to 1878 - 1895
Aaron Lufkin DennisonAmerican watchmaker and businessman - 1901
Richard Copley ChristieBritish philanthropist - 1908
Wilhelm BuschGerman humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter - 1908
Abraham GoldfadenRussian-born Jewish poet and playwright - 1911EEdwin Arthur JonesAmerican composer
- 1911
Edvard RusjanSlovenian aviation pioneer - 1917
Luther D. BradleyAmerican cartoonist - 1918
Émile ReynaudFrench inventor - 1923
Katherine MansfieldNew Zealand author - 1924
Ponnambalam ArunachalamCeylonese civil servant - 1927
Houston Stewart ChamberlainBritish-German racialist philosopher - 1930
Edward BokDutch-born American editor and writer - 1931
Wayne MunnAmerican professional wrestler and football player - 1936
John Gilbert (actor)American actor and film director
- 1939
Johann Strauss IIIAustrian composer - 1941
Dimitrios GolemisGreek middle-distance runner
- 1945
Shigekazu ShimazakiJapanese admiral - 1945
Jüri UluotsEstonian politician - 1945OOsman Cemal KaygılıTurkish writer and journalist
- 1946
Countee CullenAmerican author - 1947
Karl MannheimHungarian sociologist - 1960
Elsie J. OxenhamEnglish writer - 1961
Emily Greene BalchAmerican economist, academic, and Nobel Laureate - 1964
Halide Edib AdıvarTurkish novelist, teacher, and a nationalist and feminist intellectual - 1971
Elmer FlickAmerican baseball player - 1972
Ted ShawnAmerican dancer - 1975
Pierre FresnayFrench actor - 1975
Pyotr NovikovSoviet mathematician - 1979
Pier Luigi NerviItalian architect and engineer - 1981
Kazimierz SerockiPolish composer - 1984
Bob DyerAmerican-born vaudeville entertainer, radio personality and quiz show host - 1985RRobert Mayer (philanthropist)German-born British philanthropist and businessman
- 1987
Arthur Lake (actor)American actor - 1988PPeter L. RypdalMusical artist
- 1990
Spud ChandlerAmerican baseball player - 1990
Cemal SüreyaKurdish poet, writer, and translator - 1992
Steve Brodie (actor)American actor - 1992
Bill NaughtonIrish-British playwright and author - 1993
Paul HasluckAustralian politician - 1995
SouphanouvongLaotian politician - 1995
Peter CookBritish comedian and actor - 1996
Walter M. Miller Jr.American writer - 1996
Abdullah al-QasemiSaudi Arabian writer and intellectual - 1997
Edward Osóbka-MorawskiPolish activist and politician - 1997
Jesse White (actor)American actor - 1998
Kenichi FukuiJapanese chemist - 1998
Imi LichtenfeldHungarian-born Israeli martial artist - 2000
Arnold Alexander HallEnglish aeronautical engineer - 2000
Nigel TranterScottish writer - 2001MMaurice PratherAmerican film director
- 2003WWill McDonoughAmerican sportswriter
- 2004
Norberto BobbioItalian legal scholar - 2006
Andy CaldecottOff-road motorcycle racer from South Australia - 2006
W. Cleon SkousenAmerican law enforcement officer and author - 2007
Elmer SymonsSouth African motorcycle racer - 2007
Jean-Pierre VernantFrench historian and anthropologist - 2008
Johnny Grant (radio personality)American television producer - 2008
John Harvey-JonesEnglish businessman - 2009RRob GauntlettBritish adventurer
- 2009
T. Llew JonesWelsh children's writer - 2009
Tan Chor JinSingaporean gang member executed for murder - 2011
Makinti NapanangkaIndigenous Australian artist from the Western Desert region (c. 1930 – 2011) - 2012
Brian CurvisWelsh boxer - 2012
Augusto Gansser-BiaggiSwiss geologist - 2012
William G. RollAmerican psychologist - 2012
Malam Bacai SanháPresident of Guinea-Bissau from 2009 to 2012 - 2012
László Szekeres - 2013
Brigitte AskonasBritish immunologist - 2013
James M. BuchananAmerican economist and Nobel Laureate - 2013RRobert L. RockAmerican politician
- 2013JJohn Wise (Canadian politician)Canadian politician
- 2014
Amiri BarakaAfrican-American writer - 2014
Josep Maria CastelletSpanish writer and poet
- 2014
Paul du Toit - 2014
Dale T. MortensenAmerican economist - 2015
Michel JeuryFrench writer
- 2015
Józef Oleksy46th Prime Minister of Poland from 1995 to 1996 - 2015
Abdul Rahman Ya'kubMalaysian politician (1928–2015), Governor of Sarawak - 2015
Roy TarpleyAmerican basketball player - 2016
John Harvard (politician)Canadian politician - 2016
Angus ScrimmAmerican actor, author, and journalist - 2017
Zygmunt BaumanPolish sociologist and philosopher - 2018
Kato OttioPNG international rugby league footballer - 2019
Verna BloomAmerican actress - 2019
Paul KosloGerman-Canadian actor
- 2021
John Reilly (actor, born 1934)American actor - 2022
Bob SagetAmerican comedian and actor - 2022
Maria EwingAmerican opera singer - 2023
Séamus BegleyIrish musical artist - 2024
Rashid Khan (musician)Indian classical musician
- 2025
Black Bart (wrestler)American professional wrestler
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Who died on January 9?
123 people with a Wikipedia article died on January 9, including Wen Tianxiang, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, Demetrios Chalkokondyles. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on January 9?
59 documented historical events happened on January 9, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: War of the First Coalition: The siege of Kehl by Habsburg and Württembergian forces ended when French troops withdrew from their fortifications. On the same day, in another year: An earthquake registering 7.9 Mw ruptured part of the San Andreas Fault in central and southern California. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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