Historical Events In August - 09

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

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 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 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   

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

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 August - 09.   

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 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 August - 09.   

1596  Henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond on this day in history.   

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

1612  Ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies on August - 09.   

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

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

1634  Pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies on August - 09.   

1638  Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes first European settler in the Bronx on August - 09.   

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 August - 09.   

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  On August - 09 francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64   

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

1673  Dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674 on August - 09.   

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

1677  On August - 09 jacob Campo Weyerman, South Neth's adventurer/painter/writer   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, Venice It, composer (Lettera Famigliare) [or 7/24] on August - 09.   

1690  Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general   

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1201  On this day in history birth of arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)   

1593  On this day in history birth of izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)   

1611  On this day in history birth of henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth   

1631  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19] was born on August - 09.   

1648  On August - 09 birth of johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)   

1653  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on this day in history.   

1669  On August - 09 birth of eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)   

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

0117  On this day in history death of mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)   

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  Pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days on August - 09.   

1107  Death of Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) on August - 09.   

1173  Death of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin on this day in history.   

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