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 August - 08 death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)  

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

1588  On August - 08 death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter  

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

1616  On August - 08 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  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 on August - 08.  

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  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 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 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  Death of Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1908  On this day in history joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40  

1911  On this day in history death of william P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830)  

1918  On this day in history 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 August - 08 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  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on this day in history.  

1571  John Ward, composer was born on August - 08.  

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on August - 08.  

1605  On this day in history birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)  

1617  On this day in history birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)  

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 this day in history.