Famous Deaths Happened In August - 09

0117  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin on this day in history.   

1250  On this day in history 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 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 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  On this day in history giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36   

1634  On this day in history pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

1652  On August - 09 john Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37   

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  On August - 09 gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 77   

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

1727  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52 on August - 09.   

1738  On this day in history pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies   

1744  On this day in history death of james Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (b. 1673)   

1763  On this day in history john Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47   

1806  On this day in history prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian, composer, dies at 33   

1816  On August - 09 death of johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)   

1835  Claus Nielsen Schali, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1837  On August - 09 death of xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787)   

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 this day in history.   

1862  On August - 09 joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46   

1886  On August - 09 death of samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet and artist (b. 1810)   

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

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 August - 09.   

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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 August - 09.   

1611  On August - 09 birth of henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth   

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

1648  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)   

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)