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 this day in history.  

0803  On this day in history 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  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  Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66 on August - 09.  

1534  On this day in history death of cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (b. 1470)  

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

1612  On August - 09 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 August - 09.  

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

1668  Francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64 on this day in history.  

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

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

1720  On this day in history death of simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678)  

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

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

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

1763  On August - 09 john Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47  

1806  On August - 09 prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian, composer, dies at 33  

1816  On this day in history death of johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)  

1835  On this day in history claus Nielsen Schali, composer, dies at 78  

1837  On this day in history death of xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787)  

1848  On August - 09 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  Joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46 on this day in history.  

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 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 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 this day in history.  

1648  Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694) was born on August - 09.  

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

1669  On this day in history birth of eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)  

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