Major von Schill's death on May 31, 1809 in Stralsund

When Austria rose against Napoleon in 1809, while French-occupied Prussia remained neutral, Schill marched on his own authority with his hussar regiment (2nd Brandenburg Hussar Regiment) against the enemy. However, he was pushed off by superior numbers to Stralsund, where he fell in street fighting.

The eyewitness account of the Stralsund painter Brüggemann probably comes closest to the truth about Schill's death in Fährstraße.
Schill still got as far as Fährstraße, which was almost empty at the time. About eight to ten Dutch soldiers were standing at the corner of Bechermacherstraße and one soldier in front of Fährstraße 25, who looked at and picked up a rifle lying on the pavement. The other soldiers asked the painter Brüggemann where the nearest tobacco shop was. Suddenly, in front of the house at Fahrstraße 25, the soldier throws away the rifle he had just picked up, takes his own and shoots towards Schillstraße. The other soldiers, alerted by the rifle shot, look up and see an enemy officer (Schill) laboriously holding a horse at a gallop. The Dutchmen reach for their rifles and fire at Schill, who, hit by a shot to the head, falls dead from his horse.

Ferdinand Baptista von Schill (6 January 1776 31 May 1809) was a Prussian major who revolted unsuccessfully against French domination of Prussia in May 1809.

Schill's rebellion ended at the Battle of Stralsund, a battle which also saw Schill's own death in action. Outnumbered 3 to 1, Schill's Prussian forces succumbed to a Napoleonic force supported by Dutch and Danish auxiliaries.
On May 31 1809 the Napoleonic forces stormed Stralsund. Schill was killed in the street fighting as his defenses collapsed.