Famous Deaths In August - 08

0117  On this day in history mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies   

0869  On August - 08 lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

1445  On this day in history death of oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1506  On August - 08 sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on this day in history.   

1555  On August - 08 death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)   

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on this day in history.   

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on this day in history.   

1616  Death of Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 on August - 08.   

1631  On this day in history death of konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)   

1684  On this day in history death of george Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622)   

1685  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 on August - 08.   

1694  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1700  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 on August - 08.   

1705  On August - 08 death of willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded   

1747  Death of Madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. 1678) on August - 08.   

1759  On August - 08 karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55   

1788  Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1816  On August - 08 blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65   

1827  George Canning, British minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 57 on August - 08.   

1828  Death of Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743) on this day in history.   

1834  Silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1863  Death of Angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825) on this day in history.   

1879  Death of Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

1887  On August - 08 death of alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808)   

1888  Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79 on August - 08.   

1897  On this day in history jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79   

1898  On August - 08 death of eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)   

1902  On August - 08 jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies   

1908  Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40 on August - 08.   

1911  Death of William P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830) on August - 08.   

1918  Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright, dies at 38 on August - 08.   

1921  On August - 08 juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59   

1928  Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies on August - 08.   

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1079  On this day in history birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)   

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on this day in history.   

1571  On this day in history birth of john Ward, composer   

1586  On August - 08 birth of adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

1605  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) was born on this day in history.   

1646  On August - 08 birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)   

1653  On this day in history birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar