Famous Deaths In August - 09

0117  Death of Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) on August - 09.  

0378  On August - 09 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  Death of Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) on this day in history.  

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 August - 09.  

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.  

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1601  On August - 09 death of michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558)  

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

1613  On August - 09 giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36  

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

1652  On this day in history john Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37  

1668  On this day in history francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64  

1672  On August - 09 jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70  

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

1720  On this day in history death of simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678)  

1727  On August - 09 johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52  

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

1744  On this day in history death of james Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (b. 1673)  

1763  John Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47 on August - 09.  

1806  On this day in history prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian, composer, dies at 33  

1816  On this day in history death of johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)  

1835  On August - 09 claus Nielsen Schali, composer, dies at 78  

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  Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 on August - 09.  

1862  On this day in history joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46  

1886  On this day in history death of samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet and artist (b. 1810)  

1888  Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

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 August - 09.  

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1201  Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) was born on August - 09.  

1593  On August - 09 birth of izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)  

1611  On August - 09 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 August - 09.  

1648  Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.  

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  František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.