Historical Events In August - 09

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

0378  On this day in history battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army   

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

0681  On August - 09 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.   

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   

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  Cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil) on this day in history.   

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

1483  Opening of the Sistine Chapel on August - 09.   

1516  On this day in history jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66   

1559  Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht on this day in history.   

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

1596  On this day in history henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond   

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

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

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

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

1634  On August - 09 pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

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 August - 09.   

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

1655  On August - 09 lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts   

1666  On this day in history 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".   

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

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

1673  On August - 09 dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674   

1673  On August - 09 admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures NY   

1677  On this day in history jacob Campo Weyerman, South Neth's adventurer/painter/writer   

1686  On August - 09 benedetto Marcello, Venice It, composer (Lettera Famigliare) [or 7/24]   

1690  Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer on August - 09.   

1696  Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general 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  On August - 09 birth of john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]   

1648  On August - 09 birth of johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)   

1653  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on August - 09.   

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

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

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

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

0803  Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies on this day in history.   

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

1250  On this day in history death of king Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)   

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