Famous Deaths In August - 09

0117  On this day in history death of mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)  

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

0803  On this day in history irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies  

1048  On August - 09 pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days  

1107  On August - 09 death of emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)  

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

1250  On this day in history death of king Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)  

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

1516  On this day in history jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66  

1534  On this day in history death of cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (b. 1470)  

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

1612  Ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies on this day in history.  

1613  Giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36 on August - 09.  

1634  Pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1710  Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 77 on August - 09.  

1720  Death of Simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678) on August - 09.  

1727  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52 on August - 09.  

1738  Pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies on this day in history.  

1744  Death of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (b. 1673) on this day in history.  

1763  On this day in history john Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47  

1806  On August - 09 prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian, composer, dies at 33  

1816  Death of Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771) on August - 09.  

1835  Claus Nielsen Schali, composer, dies at 78 on August - 09.  

1837  Death of Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787) on August - 09.  

1848  On August - 09 frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies  

1854  Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1862  On August - 09 joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46  

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  Matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies on August - 09.  

1896  Death of Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48 on August - 09.  

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1201  On August - 09 birth of arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)  

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

1611  Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth was born on August - 09.  

1631  On this day in history birth of john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]  

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

1653  On this day in history birth of john Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)  

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

1674  On August - 09 birth of františek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)