Historical Events In August - 09

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) on August - 09.   

0378  Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army on this day in history.   

0378  Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 on this day in history.   

0681  On this day in history bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube, after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.   

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   

1173  Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete on August - 09.   

1173  On August - 09 najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin   

1329  On this day in history quilon the first Indian Diocese was erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus was appointed the first Bishop   

1378  On August - 09 cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil)   

1420  On August - 09 pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies   

1483  On August - 09 opening of the Sistine Chapel   

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

1559  On August - 09 willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht   

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

1596  Henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond on this day in history.   

1611  On this day in history henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth   

1612  Ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies on this day in history.   

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

1631  On August - 09 john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]   

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

1638  On this day in history jonas Bronck of Holland becomes first European settler in the Bronx   

1638  Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history john Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37   

1655  Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts on this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".   

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

1672  On August - 09 jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70   

1673  On this day in history dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674   

1673  Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures NY on August - 09.   

1677  On this day in history jacob Campo Weyerman, South Neth's adventurer/painter/writer   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, Venice It, composer (Lettera Famigliare) [or 7/24] on August - 09.   

1690  On this day in history lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer   

1696  On August - 09 jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general   

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1201  On this day in history birth of arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)   

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

1611  On this day in history birth of henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth   

1631  On this day in history birth of john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Heroic Stanzas) [NS=Aug 19]   

1648  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)   

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

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

1674  On August - 09 birth of frantiÅ¡ek Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)   

0117  Death of Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) on this day in history.   

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