Famous Deaths In August - 09

0117  On August - 09 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 August - 09 irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies   

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

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

1420  On August - 09 pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies   

1516  Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1652  John Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37 on this day in history.   

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

1672  On this day in history jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70   

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

1720  On August - 09 death of simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 09.   

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

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

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)   

1593  Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler) was born on August - 09.   

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

1631  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19] was born on August - 09.   

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