Historical Events In August - 09

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) on August - 09.   

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 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 August - 09.   

1173  Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete on August - 09.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1593  On August - 09 izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)   

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

1611  On this day in history 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  On this day in history john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]   

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

1638  On August - 09 jonas Bronck of Holland becomes first European settler in the Bronx   

1638  Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx on August - 09.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1686  On August - 09 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 August - 09.   

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1201  On August - 09 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  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19] was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 09.   

1669  Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731) was born on August - 09.   

1674  FrantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

0117  Death of Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) on August - 09.   

0378  On August - 09 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  On this day in history pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days   

1107  Death of Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) on this day in history.   

1173  On this day in history death of najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin   

1250  Death of King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216) on this day in history.   

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