Page 3: 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 August - 09.   

1849  Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia on August - 09.   

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

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

1855  On this day in history battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising   

1859  On this day in history elevator patented   

1861  On August - 09 wilhelm Berger, composer   

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

1862  On this day in history joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46   

1864  On August - 09 battle of Ft Morgan AL   

1869  Randle Ayrton, Chester England, actor (Manxman) on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker)   

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

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

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

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

1888  On this day in history charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45   

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

1890  On August - 09 cesar Cortinas, composer   

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  Matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies on August - 09.   

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

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  On this day in history otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48   

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

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

1899  On this day in history 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  On August - 09 birth of arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)   

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

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

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

1669  Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731) was born on August - 09.   

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  Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 on this day in history.   

0803  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)   

1173  Death of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin on August - 09.   

1250  On August - 09 death of king Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)   

1420  On this day in history pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies