Famous Deaths Happened In August - 09

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

0378  Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 on August - 09.   

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

1048  On this day in history 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  Death of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin on August - 09.   

1250  On August - 09 death of king Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)   

1420  On this day in history pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies   

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

1612  On this day in history ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies   

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

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

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

1710  Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1727  On this day in history johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52   

1738  Pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies on August - 09.   

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

1763  John Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787) on this day in history.   

1848  On this day in history frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies   

1854  Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 on August - 09.   

1862  Joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46 on August - 09.   

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

1888  On this day in history charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45   

1892  On August - 09 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  Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler) was born on this day in history.   

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

1631  On August - 09 birth of john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]   

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

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

1669  Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.   

1674  FrantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766) was born on August - 09.