Famous Deaths In August - 09

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  On August - 09 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  On August - 09 death of emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)   

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

1516  Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1534  On this day in history death of cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (b. 1470)   

1601  On this day in history death of michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558)   

1612  Ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies on August - 09.   

1613  On August - 09 giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36   

1634  On this day in history pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

1652  John Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37 on this day in history.   

1668  On August - 09 francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64   

1672  Jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70 on August - 09.   

1710  Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1720  On this day in history death of simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678)   

1727  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1738  On August - 09 pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies   

1744  On August - 09 death of james Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (b. 1673)   

1763  John Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47 on August - 09.   

1806  Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian, composer, dies at 33 on August - 09.   

1816  On this day in history death of johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)   

1835  On August - 09 claus Nielsen Schali, composer, dies at 78   

1837  Death of Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1886  On this day in history death of samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet and artist (b. 1810)   

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

1892  On August - 09 matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies   

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

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1201  On this day in history birth of arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)   

1593  Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 09 birth of john Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)   

1669  On August - 09 birth of eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)   

1674  FrantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766) was born on August - 09.