Historical Events In August - 09

0117  On August - 09 mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)   

0378  Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army on this day in history.   

0378  On this day in history flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50   

0681  On August - 09 bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube, after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.   

0803  Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies on this day in history.   

1048  Pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days on this day in history.   

1173  On August - 09 construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete.   

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

1329  On this day in history quilon the first Indian Diocese was erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus was appointed the first Bishop   

1378  Cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil) on this day in history.   

1420  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies on this day in history.   

1483  Opening of the Sistine Chapel on this day in history.   

1516  On August - 09 jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66   

1559  On August - 09 willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht   

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

1596  Henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond on August - 09.   

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

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

1613  Giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1631  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19] on August - 09.   

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

1638  On this day in history jonas Bronck of Holland becomes first European settler in the Bronx   

1638  Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history john Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37   

1655  On this day in history lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts   

1666  On this day in history rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".   

1668  On this day in history francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64   

1672  On August - 09 jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70   

1673  On August - 09 dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674   

1673  Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures NY on this day in history.   

1677  On August - 09 jacob Campo Weyerman, South Neth's adventurer/painter/writer   

1686  On August - 09 benedetto Marcello, Venice It, composer (Lettera Famigliare) [or 7/24]   

1690  Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer on August - 09.   

1696  Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general 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 August - 09.   

1631  On this day in history 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  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on August - 09.   

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

1674  On this day in history birth of frantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)   

0117  Death of Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) on this day in history.   

0378  Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 on August - 09.   

0803  Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies on August - 09.   

1048  On this day in history pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days   

1107  Death of Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) on this day in history.   

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 August - 09.   

1420  On August - 09 pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies