Page 3: Historical Events In August - 09

1842  On this day in history uS-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty   

1845  On August - 09 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 August - 09.   

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

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

1854  On August - 09 henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"   

1854  Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 on August - 09.   

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

1859  Elevator patented on August - 09.   

1861  Wilhelm Berger, composer on August - 09.   

1862  On August - 09 battle of Cedar Mountain VA (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain)   

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 this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history 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 August - 09.   

1884  On August - 09 maria "Mary" Beekman, actress (Genius against Violence)   

1887  On this day in history abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Swammerdam)   

1888  Hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter on August - 09.   

1888  Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45 on August - 09.   

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

1890  On this day in history cesar Cortinas, composer   

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

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

1896  Jean Piaget, Switz, pioneer developmental psychologist/zoologist on this day in history.   

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

1897  On this day in history ralph Wyckoff, American pioneer in x-ray crystallography   

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

1899  On August - 09 armand Salacrou, French playwright   

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

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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  On August - 09 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 August - 09.   

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

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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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

1107  On this day in history death of emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)   

1173  On this day in history 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