Historical Events In August - 09

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

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

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

1848  On August - 09 austria & Sardinia sign cease fire  

1848  Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies on this day in history.  

1849  On this day in history hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia  

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 August - 09.  

1859  Elevator patented on August - 09.  

1861  On August - 09 wilhelm Berger, composer  

1862  On this day in history battle of Cedar Mountain VA (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain)  

1862  On August - 09 joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46  

1864  Battle of Ft Morgan AL on August - 09.  

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

1875  On August - 09 albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker)  

1883  George Hoyt, NBA hall of fame referee (elected 1961) on August - 09.  

1884  Maria "Mary" Beekman, actress (Genius against Violence) on August - 09.  

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

1888  On August - 09 hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter  

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 August - 09.  

1892  Charles Delaney, NYC, actor (Air Police, Lonesome Trail) on this day in history.  

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

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

1895  On this day in history fred Badcock, cricketer (swing bowler in NZ's 1st Test matches)  

1896  On this day in history 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  On August - 09 david de Jong, Dutch writer (Mutiny on the Canal)  

1899  On August - 09 armand Salacrou, French playwright  

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

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 August - 09.  

1653  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on this day in history.  

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

1674  On August - 09 birth of frantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)  

0117  On August - 09 death of mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)  

0378  On this day in history flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50  

0803  On this day in history 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  On August - 09 death of king Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)  

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