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 August - 08.  

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  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on August - 08.  

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on this day in history.  

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on this day in history.  

1604  On this day in history death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)  

1616  On August - 08 death of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68  

1631  Death of Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579) on August - 08.  

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1684  On August - 08 death of george Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622)  

1685  On August - 08 sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75  

1694  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1700  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 on August - 08.  

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

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

1759  Karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55 on August - 08.  

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

1816  Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1827  George Canning, British minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1828  On August - 08 death of carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743)  

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 this day in history death of immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797)  

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  Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1898  On this day in history death of eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)  

1902  Jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies on this day in history.  

1908  Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40 on August - 08.  

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

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)  

1571  On this day in history birth of john Ward, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) was born on this day in history.  

1646  On August - 08 birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)  

1653  On this day in history birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar