Page 3: Historical Events In August - 09

1842  On this day in history uS-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty   

1845  On this day in history xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator   

1848  On August - 09 barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with the Free Soil Party   

1848  On this day in history austria & Sardinia sign cease fire   

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

1849  Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia on August - 09.   

1854  Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden" on August - 09.   

1854  On this day in history frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57   

1855  On this day in history battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising   

1859  Elevator patented on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history wilhelm Berger, composer   

1862  Battle of Cedar Mountain VA (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain) on this day in history.   

1862  Joseph Bennett Plummer, US Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46 on August - 09.   

1864  Battle of Ft Morgan AL on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history randle Ayrton, Chester England, actor (Manxman)   

1875  On this day in history albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker)   

1883  George Hoyt, NBA hall of fame referee (elected 1961) on this day in history.   

1884  On August - 09 maria "Mary" Beekman, actress (Genius against Violence)   

1887  Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Swammerdam) on August - 09.   

1888  On this day in history hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter   

1888  Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45 on August - 09.   

1890  1st 44 Javans arrive in Suriname, to work 5 year on sugar plantations on August - 09.   

1890  On this day in history cesar Cortinas, composer   

1891  On this day in history max Tak, Dutch violinist/radio commentator   

1892  On August - 09 charles Delaney, NYC, actor (Air Police, Lonesome Trail)   

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

1893  1st US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in NY on August - 09.   

1895  Fred Badcock, cricketer (swing bowler in NZ's 1st Test matches) on this day in history.   

1896  Jean Piaget, Switz, pioneer developmental psychologist/zoologist on August - 09.   

1896  Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48 on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history ralph Wyckoff, American pioneer in x-ray crystallography   

1898  On August - 09 david de Jong, Dutch writer (Mutiny on the Canal)   

1899  Armand Salacrou, French playwright on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history 34-35°N/98-99°W open for US colonization   

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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  Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst Neth was born on August - 09.   

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

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

1653  John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683) was born on August - 09.   

1669  On this day in history birth of eudoxia Lopukhina, Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)   

1674  On this day in history 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  Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 on August - 09.   

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

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 August - 09.