Famous Deaths Happened In August - 08

0117  On this day in history 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  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on August - 08.   

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on August - 08.   

1555  On this day in history death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)   

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

1604  On this day in history death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)   

1616  Death of Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 on August - 08.   

1631  On August - 08 death of konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)   

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

1685  On this day in history sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75   

1694  On August - 08 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  Death of Willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded on this day in history.   

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

1759  Karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1788  Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92 on August - 08.   

1816  Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65 on August - 08.   

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

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

1834  Silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history death of angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825)   

1879  On this day in history death of immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797)   

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

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  On this day in history death of eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)   

1902  On this day in history jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies   

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

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  On this day in history juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59   

1928  Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies on this day in history.   

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1079  On this day in history birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)   

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on this day in history.   

1571  On August - 08 birth of john Ward, composer   

1586  On August - 08 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  On August - 08 birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

1646  On this day in history birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)   

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