Famous Deaths Happened 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  On this day in history death of oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

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

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on this day in history.   

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on August - 08.   

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

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  On this day in history matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40   

1705  On August - 08 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 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  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  On August - 08 silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80   

1863  On this day in history death of angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825)   

1879  Death of Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797) on August - 08.   

1887  On this day in history death of alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808)   

1888  On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79   

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 August - 08 joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40   

1911  Death of William P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830) on this day in history.   

1918  On August - 08 gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright, dies at 38   

1921  Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59 on August - 08.   

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

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

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on August - 08.   

1571  On August - 08 birth of john Ward, composer   

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

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 August - 08.   

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

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar was born on August - 08.