Page 3: Historical Events In August - 09

1842  On August - 09 uS-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty   

1845  On August - 09 xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator   

1848  Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with the Free Soil Party on this day in history.   

1848  On August - 09 austria & Sardinia sign cease fire   

1848  On this day in history frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies   

1849  On August - 09 hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia   

1854  Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden" on August - 09.   

1854  On August - 09 frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57   

1855  Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising on August - 09.   

1859  On this day in history elevator patented   

1861  Wilhelm Berger, composer on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Cedar Mountain VA (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain) on this day in history.   

1862  Joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46 on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history battle of Ft Morgan AL   

1869  Randle Ayrton, Chester England, actor (Manxman) on August - 09.   

1875  Albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker) on August - 09.   

1883  On August - 09 george Hoyt, NBA hall of fame referee (elected 1961)   

1884  On this day in history maria "Mary" Beekman, actress (Genius against Violence)   

1887  Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Swammerdam) on this day in history.   

1888  Hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter on this day in history.   

1888  Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1890  On August - 09 1st 44 Javans arrive in Suriname, to work 5 year on sugar plantations   

1890  Cesar Cortinas, composer on this day in history.   

1891  On August - 09 max Tak, Dutch violinist/radio commentator   

1892  Charles Delaney, NYC, actor (Air Police, Lonesome Trail) on August - 09.   

1892  On August - 09 matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies   

1893  1st US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in NY on this day in history.   

1895  Fred Badcock, cricketer (swing bowler in NZ's 1st Test matches) on August - 09.   

1896  On August - 09 jean Piaget, Switz, pioneer developmental psychologist/zoologist   

1896  On August - 09 otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48   

1897  On August - 09 ralph Wyckoff, American pioneer in x-ray crystallography   

1898  David de Jong, Dutch writer (Mutiny on the Canal) on August - 09.   

1899  Armand Salacrou, French playwright on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history 34-35°N/98-99°W open for US colonization   

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1201  Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) was born on August - 09.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1653  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on August - 09.   

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  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  Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies on August - 09.   

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

1250  On this day in history death of king Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)   

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