Famous Deaths Happened In August - 08
Wednesday, 02 July 2025
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 On this day in history death of oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer
1506 Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on this day in history.
1553 Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on August - 08.
1555 Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on this day in history.
1588 On this day in history death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter
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 this day in history death of konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)
1684 On this day in history death of george Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622)
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 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 this day in history.
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 On August - 08 blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65
1827 On this day in history george Canning, British minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 57
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 On August - 08 death of angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825)
1879 On August - 08 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 On August - 08 friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79
1897 On August - 08 jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79
1898 Death of Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824) on August - 08.
1902 Jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies on this day in history.
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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