Historical Events In August - 09

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

0378  On August - 09 battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army  

0378  Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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.  

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

1483  On this day in history opening of the Sistine Chapel  

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

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 this day in history.  

1612  On August - 09 ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies  

1613  Giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36 on August - 09.  

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 August - 09 jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx  

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

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 August - 09.  

1668  Francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1686  Benedetto Marcello, Venice It, composer (Lettera Famigliare) [or 7/24] on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1611  On this day in history 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  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  Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.  

1674  František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766) was born on August - 09.  

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 this day in history.  

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  

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  On August - 09 death of king Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)  

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