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

1107  On August - 09 death of emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)  

1173  On August - 09 death of najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin  

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  On August - 09 jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66  

1534  Death of Cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (b. 1470) on August - 09.  

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1601  Death of Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558) on this day in history.  

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  John Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37 on August - 09.  

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

1672  Jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1763  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1835  Claus Nielsen Schali, composer, dies at 78 on August - 09.  

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 August - 09.  

1892  Matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies on August - 09.  

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

1611  On this day in history birth of henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth  

1631  On this day in history 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  On August - 09 birth of eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)  

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