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  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  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  On August - 09 najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin  

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  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies on this day in history.  

1483  Opening of the Sistine Chapel on August - 09.  

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

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

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

1596  On this day in history henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond  

1611  On August - 09 henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth  

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

1613  On August - 09 giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36  

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

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

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  On this day in history francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64  

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

1673  Dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674 on this day in history.  

1673  Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures NY on August - 09.  

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  On August - 09 lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer  

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

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

1593  Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler) was born on August - 09.  

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  On August - 09 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 August - 09.  

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

0803  Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies on this day in history.  

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 August - 09.  

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

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