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 this day in history.  

1445  On August - 08 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  On this day in history death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)  

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  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on this day in history.  

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)  

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

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

1694  On this day in history antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82  

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

1705  Death of Willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded on August - 08.  

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

1834  Silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80 on August - 08.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1902  On August - 08 jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies  

1908  Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40 on this day in history.  

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  On August - 08 juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59  

1928  On this day in history stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies  

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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  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  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 August - 08.