Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history 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  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on August - 08.   

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  On this day in history death of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68   

1631  Death of Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579) on August - 08.   

1684  Death of George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622) on August - 08.   

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 August - 08.   

1700  On August - 08 matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40   

1705  Death of Willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded on August - 08.   

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

1759  On this day in history karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55   

1788  Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92 on August - 08.   

1816  Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history george Canning, British minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 57   

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

1834  On this day in history silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80   

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

1879  On August - 08 death of immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797)   

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

1888  Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1898  On this day in history death of eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)   

1902  Jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies on this day in history.   

1908  On August - 08 joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40   

1911  On this day in history death of william P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830)   

1918  On this day in history gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright, dies at 38   

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

1928  On August - 08 stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies   

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1079  On August - 08 birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)   

1518  On August - 08 birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)   

1571  On August - 08 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  On August - 08 birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

1646  On this day in history birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)   

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar was born on this day in history.