Famous Deaths In August - 08

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on this day in history.  

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 August - 08.  

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

1555  On August - 08 death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)  

1588  On this day in history death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter  

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on August - 08.  

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

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

1684  On August - 08 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  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on August - 08.  

1700  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1705  Death of Willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded on this day in history.  

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

1759  On August - 08 karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55  

1788  On this day in history louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92  

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 August - 08 death of carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743)  

1834  On this day in history 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 August - 08.  

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

1888  On August - 08 friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79  

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

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  On this day in history joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40  

1911  On August - 08 death of william P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830)  

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 August - 08 stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies  

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

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

1571  John Ward, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar was born on August - 08.