Famous Deaths In August - 09

0117  Death of Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) on this day in history.  

0378  On August - 09 flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50  

0803  On this day in history 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 August - 09.  

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

1534  On August - 09 death of cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (b. 1470)  

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1601  Death of Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558) on August - 09.  

1612  On August - 09 ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies  

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  On this day in history john Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37  

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

1672  On August - 09 jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70  

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

1720  Death of Simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678) on this day in history.  

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

1738  On August - 09 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  John Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47 on August - 09.  

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

1837  Death of Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787) on August - 09.  

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  On this day in history 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 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  On August - 09 birth of arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)  

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 August - 09.  

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  Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.  

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