Historical Events In August - 09

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

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

0378  On this day in history flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50   

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 this day in history.   

1048  On August - 09 pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days   

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

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

1329  Quilon the first Indian Diocese was erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus was appointed the first Bishop on this day in history.   

1378  On this day in history cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil)   

1420  On this day in history pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies   

1483  On August - 09 opening of the Sistine Chapel   

1516  Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1559  Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht on August - 09.   

1593  Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler) on August - 09.   

1596  On August - 09 henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond   

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

1612  On this day in history ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1638  Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes first European settler in the Bronx on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx   

1652  John Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37 on August - 09.   

1655  On this day in history lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts   

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

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

1673  On this day in history dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674   

1673  Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures NY on this day in history.   

1677  Jacob Campo Weyerman, South Neth's adventurer/painter/writer on August - 09.   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, Venice It, composer (Lettera Famigliare) [or 7/24] on August - 09.   

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

1593  Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler) was born on this day in history.   

1611  Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth was born on August - 09.   

1631  On this day in history birth of john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]   

1648  Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.   

1653  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on this day in history.   

1669  Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.   

1674  On August - 09 birth of frantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)   

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 August - 09.   

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 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 August - 09.   

1250  Death of King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216) on August - 09.   

1420  On this day in history pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies