Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.   

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

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  On August - 09 death of najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin   

1250  Death of King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216) on August - 09.   

1420  On this day in history pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies   

1516  Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1534  Death of Cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (b. 1470) on August - 09.   

1601  Death of Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558) on August - 09.   

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

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

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

1652  On August - 09 john Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37   

1668  Francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

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

1710  On this day in history gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 77   

1720  Death of Simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678) on this day in history.   

1727  Johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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  On August - 09 john Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47   

1806  On this day in history prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian, composer, dies at 33   

1816  On August - 09 death of johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)   

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

1837  Death of Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787) on this day in history.   

1848  Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies on August - 09.   

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

1862  Joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46 on this day in history.   

1886  Death of Samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet and artist (b. 1810) on August - 09.   

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

1892  On August - 09 matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies   

1896  On August - 09 death of otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48   

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1201  Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.   

1593  Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler) was born on August - 09.   

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 August - 09.   

1648  Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694) was born on August - 09.   

1653  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on this day in history.   

1669  On August - 09 birth of eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)   

1674  FrantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.