Historical Events In August - 09

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

0378  On August - 09 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 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  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.  

1173  Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil)  

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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 August - 09.  

1516  On August - 09 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  Henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond on August - 09.  

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

1612  On this day in history ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies  

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

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

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

1638  Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes first European settler in the Bronx on this day in history.  

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 August - 09.  

1655  On August - 09 lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts  

1666  On August - 09 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  Francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64 on August - 09.  

1672  Jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70 on August - 09.  

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

1673  On this day in history admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures NY  

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

1686  On this day in history 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  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  Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of john Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)  

1669  On this day in history birth of eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)  

1674  On this day in history birth of františek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)  

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

0378  On this day in history 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 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 August - 09.  

1173  On August - 09 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 this day in history pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies