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  On this day in history flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50  

0681  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

1048  On this day in history pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days  

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

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

1329  Quilon the first Indian Diocese was erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus was appointed the first Bishop on August - 09.  

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

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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  On August - 09 jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66  

1559  On this day in history willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht  

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

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  Ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies on this day in history.  

1613  On this day in history giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36  

1631  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19] on this day in history.  

1634  On this day in history 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  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  On August - 09 francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64  

1672  Jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

1690  On this day in history lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer  

1696  Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general on August - 09.  

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

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

1648  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)  

1653  On August - 09 birth of john Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

0803  On this day in history irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies  

1048  On August - 09 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 August - 09.  

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