Famous Deaths In August - 09

0117  On August - 09 death of mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)  

0378  On August - 09 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  On this day in history pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days  

1107  On this day in history death of emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)  

1173  Death of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin on this day in history.  

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

1612  Ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies on August - 09.  

1613  On this day in history giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1837  Death of Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787) on this day in history.  

1848  Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies on this day in history.  

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

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 August - 09.  

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

1896  On August - 09 death of otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48  

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

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 this day in history.  

1631  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19] was born on this day in history.  

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

1653  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on August - 09.  

1669  Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731) was born on August - 09.  

1674  On this day in history birth of frantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)