Page 3: Historical Events In August - 09

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

1845  On this day in history xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator   

1848  On August - 09 barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with the Free Soil Party   

1848  Austria & Sardinia sign cease fire on this day in history.   

1848  On August - 09 frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies   

1849  Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"   

1854  Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1855  Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising on this day in history.   

1859  On August - 09 elevator patented   

1861  On this day in history wilhelm Berger, composer   

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 August - 09.   

1864  On August - 09 battle of Ft Morgan AL   

1869  On this day in history randle Ayrton, Chester England, actor (Manxman)   

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

1887  Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Swammerdam) on August - 09.   

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

1888  On August - 09 charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45   

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

1890  Cesar Cortinas, composer on August - 09.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1898  David de Jong, Dutch writer (Mutiny on the Canal) on this day in history.   

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

1901  34-35°N/98-99°W open for US colonization on August - 09.   

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

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

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

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

1648  Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.   

1653  On this day in history birth of john Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)   

1669  Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.   

1674  FrantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

0117  Death of Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) on this day in history.   

0378  Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 on August - 09.   

0803  On August - 09 irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies   

1048  Pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days on this day in history.   

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