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 August - 08.   

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on this day in history.   

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 August - 08.   

1588  On this day in history death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

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 this day in history death of konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)   

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

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

1694  On August - 08 antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82   

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

1705  Death of Willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded on this day in history.   

1747  On this day in history death of madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. 1678)   

1759  Karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1834  On August - 08 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 this day in history death of immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797)   

1887  Death of Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808) on this day in history.   

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

1897  On August - 08 jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79   

1898  Death of Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824) on August - 08.   

1902  Jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies on August - 08.   

1908  Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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 August - 08.   

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

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1079  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

1605  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on August - 08.   

1617  On this day in history birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

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