Historical Events In August - 09

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

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

0378  On August - 09 flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50   

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  Pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1378  Cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil) on August - 09.   

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

1559  On August - 09 willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht   

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

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

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

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

1634  On this day in history pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

1638  On this day in history jonas Bronck of Holland becomes first European settler in the Bronx   

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

1652  John Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1672  Jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70 on August - 09.   

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

1673  On August - 09 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  On this day in history jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general   

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1201  Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) was born on August - 09.   

1593  On this day in history 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  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 August - 09.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 09.   

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  Death of King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216) on this day in history.   

1420  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies on August - 09.