Famous Deaths Happened In August - 09

0117  Death of Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) on this day in history.   

0378  On this day in history flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50   

0803  Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies on August - 09.   

1048  Pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days on this day in history.   

1107  On this day in history death of emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)   

1173  On August - 09 death of najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin   

1250  Death of King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216) on this day in history.   

1420  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies on this day in history.   

1516  Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66 on August - 09.   

1534  Death of Cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (b. 1470) on August - 09.   

1601  Death of Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558) on this day in history.   

1612  Ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies on August - 09.   

1613  Giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1634  On August - 09 pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

1652  On August - 09 john Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37   

1668  Francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64 on August - 09.   

1672  Jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70 on August - 09.   

1710  On August - 09 gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 77   

1720  Death of Simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678) on this day in history.   

1727  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1738  On August - 09 pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies   

1744  On August - 09 death of james Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (b. 1673)   

1763  On August - 09 john Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47   

1806  Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1816  Death of Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771) on this day in history.   

1835  Claus Nielsen Schali, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history death of xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787)   

1848  Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies on August - 09.   

1854  On this day in history frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57   

1862  Joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46 on this day in history.   

1886  Death of Samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet and artist (b. 1810) on this day in history.   

1888  On August - 09 charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45   

1892  On this day in history matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies   

1896  Death of Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48 on this day in history.   

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1201  Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.   

1593  On this day in history birth of izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)   

1611  On this day in history birth of henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth   

1631  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19] was born on this day in history.   

1648  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)   

1653  On August - 09 birth of john Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)   

1669  On August - 09 birth of eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)   

1674  On this day in history birth of frantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)