Famous Deaths Happened In August - 08

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

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on this day in history.   

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

1506  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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  On this day in history antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82   

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  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 this day in history.   

1827  On August - 08 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  Silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80 on August - 08.   

1863  On August - 08 death of angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825)   

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

1887  On this day in history 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  Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79 on August - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on this day in history.   

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

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.