Famous Deaths In August - 08

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

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on August - 08.  

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on this day in history.  

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

1553  On August - 08 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 August - 08.  

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

1616  Death of Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 on this day in history.  

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

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1684  Death of George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622) on August - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

1700  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 on August - 08.  

1705  On this day in history death of willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded  

1747  Death of Madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. 1678) on August - 08.  

1759  Karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55 on August - 08.  

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

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

1827  George Canning, British minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1887  Death of Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808) on August - 08.  

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

1897  On this day in history jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79  

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  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 August - 08.  

1918  Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

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

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

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1079  On August - 08 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 this day in history birth of adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen  

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

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) was born on this day in history.  

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on August - 08.  

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