Famous Deaths Happened In August - 08

0117  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 August - 08.   

1555  On this day in history death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)   

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

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 this day in history death of konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)   

1684  On August - 08 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  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on August - 08.   

1700  On August - 08 matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40   

1705  Death of Willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded on this day in history.   

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  Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92 on August - 08.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1887  Death of Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808) on this day in history.   

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

1897  Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79 on August - 08.   

1898  On August - 08 death of eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1928  Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies on August - 08.   

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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 August - 08 birth of john Ward, composer   

1586  On this day in history birth of adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

1605  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on August - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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