Famous Deaths Happened In August - 08

0117  Mark ulpius trajanus: Adopted son of emperor nerva/emperor,   

0869  Lotharius ii: King of middle-france (lotharingen) (855-869),   

1445  Oswald von wolkenstein: Austrian composer   

1506  Sesshu toyo: Zen monk/painter,   

1553  Girolamo fracastoro: Italian physician (b. 1478)   

1555  Oronce finé: French mathematician (b. 1494)   

1588  Alonso sánchez coello: Spanish painter   

1604  Horio tadauji: Japanese warlord (b. 1578)   

1616  Cornelis ketel: Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68   

1631  Konstantinas sirvydas: Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)   

1684  George booth: 1st baron delamer (b. 1622)   

1685  Sassoferrato: [giovanni b salvi], ital painter (madonna),   

1694  Antoine arnauld [le grand arnauld]: French lawyer/theology,   

1700  Matthias henriksen schacht: Composer,   

1705  Willem roukens: Mayor (nimegen ort nimeguen), beheaded   

1747  Madeleine de verchères: New france heroine (b. 1678)   

1759  Karl heinrich graun: German composer,   

1788  Louis fad duke the richelieu: French marshal,   

1816  Blas de laserna: Composer,   

1827  George canning: British minister of foreign affairs,   

1828  Carl peter thunberg: Swedish naturalist (b. 1743)   

1834  Silvestro palma: Composer,   

1863  Angus macaskill known as 'giant macaskill': Circus performer (b.1825)   

1879  Immanuel hermann fichte: German philosopher (b. 1797)   

1887  Alexander william doniphan: American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808)   

1888  Friedrich wilhelm jahns: Composer,   

1897  Jacob burckhardt: Swiss cultural historian,   

1898  Eugène boudin: French painter (b. 1824)   

1902  Jean y y tissot: French painter/illustrator,   

1908  Joseph [maria] olbrich: Architect (wiener sezession),   

1911  William p. frye: American politician (b. 1830)   

1918  Gertrude e durden rush: Us composer/playwright,   

1921  Juhani aho: Fins journalist/writer (panu, tuomio),   

1928  Stjepan radic: Founder/leader (croatian boer party),   

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1079  Emperor horikawa of japan: Emperor horikawa of japan (d. 1107)   

1518  Conrad lycosthenes: French-born german humanist and encyclopedist   

1571  John ward: Composer   

1586  Adolf: Earl of nassau-siegen   

1605  Cecilius calvert: 2nd baron baltimore, british colonial governor of maryland   

1617  Adriaan w "joris" van geel: Flemish missionary (bantu dictionary)   

1646  Godfrey kneller: German-born painter   

1653  Jacques basnage: French/neth historian/vicar