Historical Events In August - 09

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

0378  On August - 09 battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army   

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  Pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days on this day in history.   

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

1173  Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin on August - 09.   

1329  On August - 09 quilon the first Indian Diocese was erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus was appointed the first Bishop   

1378  On this day in history cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil)   

1420  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies on this day in history.   

1483  On this day in history 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  Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer (Compleat Angler) on this day in history.   

1596  Henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond on August - 09.   

1611  Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1634  Pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies on this day in history.   

1638  On August - 09 jonas Bronck of Holland becomes first European settler in the Bronx   

1638  On this day in history jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx   

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

1673  Dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674 on this day in history.   

1673  Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures NY on this day in history.   

1677  On August - 09 jacob Campo Weyerman, South Neth's adventurer/painter/writer   

1686  On this day in history benedetto Marcello, Venice It, composer (Lettera Famigliare) [or 7/24]   

1690  Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer on August - 09.   

1696  On this day in history jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general   

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1201  Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) was born on August - 09.   

1593  On August - 09 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.   

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

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

0803  On August - 09 irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies   

1048  On this day in history 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 August - 09.   

1250  On August - 09 death of king Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)   

1420  Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies on this day in history.