Historical Events In August - 09

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

1845  Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator on this day in history.  

1848  Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with the Free Soil Party on August - 09.  

1848  Austria & Sardinia sign cease fire on August - 09.  

1848  Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies on August - 09.  

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  On this day in history battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising  

1859  Elevator patented on August - 09.  

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1861  Wilhelm Berger, composer on August - 09.  

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  Battle of Ft Morgan AL on August - 09.  

1869  On August - 09 randle Ayrton, Chester England, actor (Manxman)  

1875  Albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker) on this day in history.  

1883  George Hoyt, NBA hall of fame referee (elected 1961) on this day in history.  

1884  Maria "Mary" Beekman, actress (Genius against Violence) on this day in history.  

1887  On August - 09 abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Swammerdam)  

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

1890  Cesar Cortinas, composer on this day in history.  

1891  Max Tak, Dutch violinist/radio commentator on this day in history.  

1892  On August - 09 charles Delaney, NYC, actor (Air Police, Lonesome Trail)  

1892  On this day in history matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies  

1893  On August - 09 1st US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in NY  

1895  On August - 09 fred Badcock, cricketer (swing bowler in NZ's 1st Test matches)  

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

1896  Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48 on this day in history.  

1897  Ralph Wyckoff, American pioneer in x-ray crystallography on August - 09.  

1898  On August - 09 david de Jong, Dutch writer (Mutiny on the Canal)  

1899  On this day in history armand Salacrou, French playwright  

1901  On August - 09 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 this day in history.  

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

1611  Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth was born on this day in history.  

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  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  On August - 09 birth of frantiÅ¡ek 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  Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies on August - 09.  

1048  On August - 09 pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days  

1107  On August - 09 death of emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)  

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  On August - 09 pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies