Famous Deaths Happened In August - 09
Monday, 02 February 2026
0117 On August - 09 death of mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) 

0378 Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 on this day in history. 

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

1048 Pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days on August - 09. 

1107 Death of Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) on this day in history. 

1173 On this day in history 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 On this day in history jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66 

1534 On August - 09 death of cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (b. 1470) 

1601 On this day in history death of michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558) 

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

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 this day in history 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 Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 77 on August - 09. 

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 On this day in history pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies 

1744 Death of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (b. 1673) on August - 09. 

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

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 this day in history. 

1835 On this day in history 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 Death of Samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet and artist (b. 1810) on this day in history. 

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

1892 Matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies on this day in history. 

1896 On this day in history death of otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48 

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