Historical Events In August - 09

0117  On this day in history mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)  

0378  Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army on August - 09.  

0378  Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 on August - 09.  

0681  Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube, after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta 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 August - 09.  

1173  On this day in history construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete.  

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

1329  On August - 09 quilon the first Indian Diocese was erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus was appointed the first Bishop  

1378  On August - 09 cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil)  

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1420  On August - 09 pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies  

1483  Opening of the Sistine Chapel on August - 09.  

1516  Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66 on August - 09.  

1559  On this day in history willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht  

1593  On this day in history izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)  

1596  Henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond on August - 09.  

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

1612  Ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies on this day in history.  

1613  Giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1631  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19] on August - 09.  

1634  Pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies on August - 09.  

1638  Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes first European settler in the Bronx on August - 09.  

1638  Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx on this day in history.  

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

1655  Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts on this day in history.  

1666  Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire" on August - 09.  

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

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

1673  Dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674 on August - 09.  

1673  On this day in history admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures NY  

1677  On August - 09 jacob Campo Weyerman, South Neth's adventurer/painter/writer  

1686  On this day in history benedetto Marcello, Venice It, composer (Lettera Famigliare) [or 7/24]  

1690  On August - 09 lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer  

1696  Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general on this day in history.  

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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  Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth was born on this day in history.  

1631  On August - 09 birth of john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]  

1648  On this day in history 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 františek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)  

0117  On August - 09 death of mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)  

0378  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1173  Death of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin on August - 09.  

1250  On August - 09 death of king Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)  

1420  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies on this day in history.