Famous Deaths Happened In August - 09

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 August - 09 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   

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

1534  On this day in history death of cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (b. 1470)   

1601  On August - 09 death of michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558)   

1612  On this day in history ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies   

1613  Giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36 on August - 09.   

1634  Pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies on August - 09.   

1652  John Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37 on this day in history.   

1668  Francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64 on August - 09.   

1672  On this day in history jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70   

1710  Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 77 on August - 09.   

1720  On this day in history death of simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678)   

1727  On August - 09 johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52   

1738  Pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies on August - 09.   

1744  Death of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (b. 1673) on August - 09.   

1763  John Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1806  Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history death of johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)   

1835  On August - 09 claus Nielsen Schali, composer, dies at 78   

1837  On August - 09 death of xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787)   

1848  On August - 09 frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies   

1854  Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1862  On August - 09 joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46   

1886  On this day in history death of samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet and artist (b. 1810)   

1888  On this day in history charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45   

1892  Matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies on August - 09.   

1896  On this day in history death of otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48   

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1201  On August - 09 birth of arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)   

1593  On August - 09 birth of izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler)   

1611  On August - 09 birth of henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth   

1631  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19] was born on this day in history.   

1648  Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.   

1653  On this day in history birth of john Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)   

1669  Eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.   

1674  FrantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766) was born on August - 09.