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  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  On this day in history 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 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)  

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

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

1613  On August - 09 giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36  

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  On August - 09 francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64  

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

1710  On this day in history gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 77  

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

1727  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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  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 August - 09.  

1816  Death of Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771) on August - 09.  

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  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  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 August - 09.  

1593  On August - 09 birth of izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)  

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 August - 09 birth of johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)  

1653  On this day in history birth of john Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)  

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)