Top Historical Events That Happened on August 09 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)   

0378  Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army.   

0378  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.   

0803  Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies   

1048  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   

1173  Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin   

1329  Quilon the inaugural Indian Diocese was erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus was appointed the inaugural Bishop   

1378  Cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil)   

1420  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies   

1483  Opening of the Sistine Chapel.   

1516  Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66.   

1559  Willem of Orange is recorded as becoming viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht.   

1593  Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)   

1596  Henry van Cuyk is recorded as becoming bishop of Roermond.   

1611  Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth   

1612  Ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies   

1613  Giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36   

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

1634  Pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

1638  Jonas Bronck of Holland is recorded as becoming inaugural European settler in the Bronx.   

1638  Jonas Bronck of Holland is recorded as becoming 1st European settler in Bronx.   

1652  John Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37   

1655  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".   

1668  Francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64   

1672  Jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70.   

1673  Dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674.   

1673  Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures NY.   

1677  Jacob Campo Weyerman, South Neth's adventurer/painter/writer   

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

1690  Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer.   

1696  Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general   

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