Famous Deaths Happened In August - 08

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on August - 08.   

0869  On this day in history lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.   

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

1553  On August - 08 death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)   

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

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

1604  On August - 08 death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)   

1616  On August - 08 death of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68   

1631  On August - 08 death of konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)   

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

1685  On August - 08 sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75   

1694  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on August - 08.   

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

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

1747  On August - 08 death of madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. 1678)   

1759  Karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55 on August - 08.   

1788  On this day in history louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92   

1816  Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65 on August - 08.   

1827  George Canning, British minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1828  Death of Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743) on August - 08.   

1834  Silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80 on August - 08.   

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

1879  On this day in history 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  On August - 08 friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79   

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  Jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies on August - 08.   

1908  On this day in history joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40   

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

1918  On August - 08 gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright, dies at 38   

1921  Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1928  Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history birth of john Ward, composer   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)   

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 August - 08 birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar