Famous Deaths In August - 08

0117  On August - 08 mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies  

0869  On August - 08 lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies  

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.  

1506  On this day in history sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86  

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on this day in history.  

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on this day in history.  

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on August - 08.  

1604  On August - 08 death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)  

1616  On August - 08 death of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68  

1631  Death of Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579) on August - 08.  

1684  Death of George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622) on this day in history.  

1685  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1694  On this day in history antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82  

1700  On this day in history matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40  

1705  On August - 08 death of willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded  

1747  On this day in history death of madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. 1678)  

1759  On this day in history karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55  

1788  On August - 08 louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92  

1816  On this day in history blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65  

1827  On this day in history george Canning, British minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 57  

1828  Death of Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743) on August - 08.  

1834  On August - 08 silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80  

1863  Death of Angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825) on this day in history.  

1879  Death of Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797) on this day in history.  

1887  Death of Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808) on this day in history.  

1888  Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79 on August - 08.  

1897  Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1898  Death of Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824) on August - 08.  

1902  On August - 08 jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies  

1908  Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1911  Death of William P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830) on this day in history.  

1918  Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright, dies at 38 on August - 08.  

1921  Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1928  On this day in history stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies  

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1079  On August - 08 birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)  

1518  On this day in history birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)  

1571  John Ward, composer was born on August - 08.  

1586  On this day in history birth of adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen  

1605  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on August - 08.  

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) was born on August - 08.  

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.  

1653  On this day in history birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar