Famous Deaths In August - 08

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

0869  On this day in history lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies  

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

1506  On August - 08 sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86  

1553  On this day in history death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)  

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on August - 08.  

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on this day in history.  

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on this day in history.  

1616  On this day in history death of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68  

1631  Death of Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579) on this day in history.  

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1684  On this day in history death of george Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622)  

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

1694  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on August - 08.  

1700  On August - 08 matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40  

1705  On this day in history 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  Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92 on August - 08.  

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

1827  George Canning, British minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 57 on August - 08.  

1828  On this day in history death of carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743)  

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

1863  Death of Angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825) on August - 08.  

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

1887  On August - 08 death of alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808)  

1888  Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1897  Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79 on August - 08.  

1898  Death of Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824) on this day in history.  

1902  Jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies on this day in history.  

1908  On August - 08 joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40  

1911  Death of William P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830) on August - 08.  

1918  On August - 08 gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright, dies at 38  

1921  On August - 08 juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59  

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

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1079  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on this day in history.  

1518  On August - 08 birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)  

1571  On this day in history birth of john Ward, composer  

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on this day in history.  

1605  On August - 08 birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)  

1617  On August - 08 birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)  

1646  On August - 08 birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)  

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar was born on this day in history.