Famous Personalities Born In August - 09
Friday, 31 October 2025
							1201  Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1593  Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler) was born on August - 09.  
 
 
 
						
							1611  Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth was born on August - 09.  
 
 
 
						
							1631  On August - 09 birth of john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]  
 
 
 
						
							1648  Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694) was born on August - 09.  
 
 
 
						
							1653  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1669  On August - 09 birth of eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)  
 
 
 
						
							1674  FrantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1677  On August - 09 birth of jacob Campo Weyerman, South Neth's adventurer/painter/writer  
 
 
 
						
							1686  On August - 09 birth of benedetto Marcello, Venice It, composer (Lettera Famigliare) [or 7/24]  
 
 
 
						
							1690  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer  
 
 
 
						
							1696  On August - 09 birth of jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general  
 
 
 
						
							1718  On this day in history birth of placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer  
 
 
 
						
							1722  Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (d. 1758) was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1726  On August - 09 birth of francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (d. 1778)  
 
 
 
						
							1757  On August - 09 birth of thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer (d. 1834)  
 
 
 
						
							1758  On August - 09 birth of bruno Dalberg/Anonymus Belga, [Petrus the Wacker van Zon], writer  
 
 
 
						
							1776  Amedeo Avogadro, Tuin Italy, 6.022 x 10 ^ 23 (Avogadro's Law) was born on August - 09.  
 
 
 
						
							1781  Michael Umlauf, composer was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1783  On this day in history birth of grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1801)  
 
 
 
						
							1797  Charles Robert Malden, British naval officer (d. 1855) was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1805  Joseph Locke, English railway and civil engineer (d. 1860) was born on August - 09.  
 
 
 
						
							1808  William Thomas Ward, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1809  On this day in history birth of william Barret Travis, commander at Battle of the Alamo  
 
 
 
						
							1819  On this day in history birth of william Thomas Green Morton, dentist, used ether (HOF 1920)  
 
 
 
						
							1823  On this day in history birth of daniel Marsh Frost, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1900  
 
 
 
						
							1824  On this day in history birth of simon Goodell Griffin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  
 
 
 
						
							1825  On August - 09 birth of elisha Ferry, (Gov-R-Wash, 1872-80, 1889-93)  
 
 
 
						
							1834  Elias Alvares Lobo, composer was born on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1845  On August - 09 birth of xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator  
 
 
 
						
							1845  On August - 09 birth of andré Bessette, Canadian religious figure (d. 1937)  
 
 
 
						
							1847  On August - 09 birth of maria Victoria al Pozzo della Cisterna, queen consort of Spain (d. 1876)  
 
 
 
						
							1861  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Berger, composer  
 
 
 
						
							1869  On August - 09 birth of randle Ayrton, Chester England, actor (Manxman)  
 
 
 
						
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