Famous Deaths Happened In August - 09

0117  On this day in history death of mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117)   

0378  On August - 09 flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50   

0803  On this day in history irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies   

1048  Pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days on August - 09.   

1107  On August - 09 death of emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)   

1173  On this day in history death of najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin   

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

1420  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies on August - 09.   

1516  Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66 on August - 09.   

1534  On August - 09 death of cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (b. 1470)   

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

1612  On August - 09 ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies   

1613  On August - 09 giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36   

1634  On August - 09 pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

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  Jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70 on August - 09.   

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

1720  On August - 09 death of simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678)   

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

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

1744  On this day in history death of james Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (b. 1673)   

1763  John Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47 on August - 09.   

1806  On August - 09 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  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 this day in history.   

1896  Death of Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48 on August - 09.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1648  On August - 09 birth of johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)   

1653  On August - 09 birth of john Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)   

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

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