Events on Aug 9
- 0378Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army
- 1378Cardinals declare Pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti Christian / devil)
- 1559Willem of Orange becomes Viceroy of Holland / Zealand / Utrecht
- 1596Henry van Cuyk becomes Bishop of Roermond
- 1638Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx
- 1655Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts
- 1673Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures New York
- 1673Dutch recapture New York from English; regained by English in 1674
- 1726Netherlands signs Covenant of Hannover
- 1757English Ft William Henry, NY, surrenders to French and Indians troops
- 1778Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits
- 1790Columbia returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st ship to carry US flag around the world
- 18031st horses arrive in Hawaii
- 1829"Stourbridge Lion" locomotive goes into service
- 1830Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X
- 18311st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY)
- 1832King Leopold I of Belgium marries Louisa Maria
- 1841Erie boat in Buffalo New York catches fire; 242 die
- 1842US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty
- 1848Austria and Sardinia sign cease fire
- 1848Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with Free Soil Party nominateing Martin Van Buren for President
- 1849Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria and Russia
- 1854Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"
- 1855Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising
- 1859Elevator patented
- 1862Battle of Cedar Mountain VA (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain)
- 1862Prelude to 2nd Manassas, Jackson is victorious at Battle of Cedar Mt, however General Charles S Winder is killed
- 1864Battle of Ft Morgan, Alabama
- 18901st 44 Javans arrive in Suriname, to work 5 year on sugar plantations
- 18931st US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in New York
Born on Aug 9
- 1593Izaak Walton: England, United Kingdom -- Biographer / fisherman / writer (Compleat Angler)
- 1611Henry Earl of Nassau-Siegen: Colonel / Governor of Hulst Netherlands
- 1677Jacob Campo Weyerman: Netherlands -- Adventurer / painter / writer
- 1690Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri: Composer
- 1696Jozef Wenceslas: Monarch of Liechtenstein / General
- 1718Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher: Composer
- 1758Bruno Dalberg / Anonymus Belga [Petrus the Wacker van Zon]: Writer
- 1781Michael Umlauf: Composer
- 1808William Thomas Ward: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1819William Thomas Green Morton: Dentist, used ether (HOF 1920)
- 1823Daniel Marsh Frost: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1900
- 1824Simon Goodell Griffin: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1825Elisha Ferry: (Gov-R-Washington, 1872-80, 1889-93)
- 1834Elias Alvares Lobo: Composer
- 1845Xavier Mellery: Belgian painter / illustrator
- 1861Wilhelm Berger: Composer
- 1869Randle Ayrton: Chester, England -- Actor (Manxman)
- 1874Reynaldo Hahn: Composer
- 1875Albert William Ketelbey: Aston, England -- Composer (Wonder Worker)
- 1883George Hoyt: NBA hall of fame referee (elected 1961)
- 1884Maria "Mary" Beekman: Actress (Genius against Violence)
- 1887Abraham Schierbeek: Dutch biologist (Swammerdam)
- 1888Hans Oster: German major General / spy / July 20th plotter
- 1890Cesar Cortinas: Composer
- 1890Eino Kaila: Finnish psychologist / philosopher
- 1890Sandor Jemnitz: Composer
- 1891Max Tak: Dutch violinist / radio commentator
- 1892Charles Delaney: NYC, New York -- Actor (Air Police, Lonesome Trail)
- 1895Nat Pendleton: Davenport, Iowa -- Olympic wrestler / actor (Reckless)
- 1896Jean Piaget: Switzerland -- Pioneer developmental psychologist / zoologist
Died on Aug 9
- 0378Flavius Valens: Emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50
- 0803Irene: Byzantine empress / Wife of Emperor Leo IV
- 1048Damasius II [Poppo]: Pope (1047-48)
- 1516Jeroen Bosch: Painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66
- 1612Ottavio M Frangipani: Pope elect
- 1613Giovanni Righi: Composer, dies at 36
- 1634Pieter I de Jode: Flemish publisher
- 1652John Both: Landscape Painter / etcher, dies at about 37
- 1668Francois Anguier: French sculptor, dies at about 64
- 1672Jose Ximenez: Composer, dies at 70
- 1710Gabriel Schutz: Composer, dies at 77
- 1727Johann Philipp Treiber: Composer, dies at 52
- 1738Pierre Drevet: French engraver
- 1763John Althuysen: Fries vicar / Poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47
- 1806Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian: Composer, dies at 33
- 1835Claus Nielsen Schali: Composer, dies at 78
- 1848Frederick Marryat: English captain / Author (Mr Midshipman Easy)
- 1854Frederik Augustus II: King of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57
- 1862Joseph Bennett Plummer: US Union Brigadier General, dies at 42 or 46
- 1888Charles Cros: French Mathematician / chemist / poet, dies at 45
- 1888Isaac Strauss: Composer, dies at 82
- 1892Matthias de Vries: Linguistic (spelling)
- 1896Otto Lilenthal: Aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48
- 1904Friedrich Ratzel: German social-geographer (Lebensraum), dies at 59
- 1915Henry Longbottom: English lieutenant, dies in battle
- 1919Ernst Haeckel: German philosopher (Social Darwinism), dies at 85
- 1919Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Italian Composer (Pagliacci), dies at 62
- 1924Jacob P Vis: Dutch founder (NV Royal Salt Industries), dies at 66
- 1928Frederik II W: Grand Duke of Baden (1907-18), dies at 71
- 1929Heinrich Zille: German cartoonist (Simplicissimus), dies at 71
Historical events on August 10
- 0654Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I
- 0843Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German and Charles the Bare divide France
- 0955Battle at Lech: German King Otto I beats Hungarians
- 1461Alfonso ed Espina, Bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain
- 1497John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia"
- 1500Diego Diaz discovers Madagascar
- 1511Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka
- 1512Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France
- 1557Battle at St. Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont and Philibert beat France
- 1566Iconoclasm begins
- 1585English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth
- 1622County Maine appended on John Mason / Fernandino Gorges
- 1627Cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle
- 1628Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed
- 1653Sea battle at Heijde, English fleet beats Dutch
- 1675King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich
- 1675Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam
- 1678Netherlands and France signs peace treaty in Nijmegen
- 1743Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated
- 1759Carlos III becomes King of Spain
- 17741st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing
- 1787Mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik"
- 1787Turkey declares war on Russia
- 1792Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI
- 1809Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day)
- 1821Missouri admitted as 24th US state
- 1822Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die
- 1827Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada)
- 1831Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery
- 1831Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die
Born on August 10
- 1296John the Blind: King of Bohemia / Count of Luxembourg
- 1556Philipp Nicolai: Germany -- Theologist / poet / composer
- 1560Hieronymus Praetorius: Composer
- 1567Girolamo Giacobbi: Composer
- 1589Pietro Antonio Tamburini: Composer
- 1652Peterus I Scheemaeckers: Flemish sculptor (tomb stones)
- 1654Bernard Nieuwentyt: Dutch Physician / theologist
- 1657Cornelis Chastelein: Dutch colonial director
- 1699Christoph Gottlieb Schroter: Composer
- 1708John Stinstra: Baptist vicar
- 1720Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee: Composer
- 1740Samuel Arnold: Composer
- 1750Daniel Gottlob Turk: Composer
- 1762Santiago Ferrer: Composer
- 1782Charles Napier: London, England -- Soldier
- 1793Heinrich August Neithardt: Composer
- 1794Leopold Zunz: German Scientist (Synagogical poetry)
- 1801Robert Woodward Barnwell: MC (Confederacy), died in 1882
- 1808Carl Friedrich Weitzmann: Composer
- 1810Camilio Benso di Cavour: Turin, Italy -- Prime Minister
- 1810Cornelis Outshoorn: Dutch architect
- 1814Jacob Edvard Gille: Composer
- 1814John Clifford Pemberton: Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), died in 1881
- 1814William Lowndes Yancey: MC (Confederacy), died in 1863
- 1823Charles Keene: Hornsey -- Artist
- 1823Charles Thomas Campbell: Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
- 1835Gyula Beliczay: Composer
- 1836Jose Teodor Vilar: Composer
- 1845Kunanbajew: Writer
- 1854J Scott Lidgett: London, England -- Theologist
Died on August 10
- 0794Fastrada: 3rd Wife of French King Charles the Great, dies at 30
- 0955Conrad the Red: Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle
- 1250Erik IV Plovpenning: King of Denmark, murdered
- 1589Maarten Schenck Nideggen: Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49
- 1628Hans Jonsson: Swedish fleet commander, drowned
- 1653Maarten Harpertsz Tromp [Bestevaer]: Lieutenant Admiral, dies in battle at 55
- 1655Louis de Vadder: Flemish painter, dies at 50
- 1717Nicolaas Witsen: Etcher / mayor (Amsterdam)
- 1730Sebastien de Brossard: Composer, dies at 74
- 1759Ferdinand VI [the Wise]: King of Spain, dies at 46
- 1784Allan Ramsay: Artist
- 1802Aepinus [Franz UT Hoch]: German Physician / physicist, dies at 77
- 1806Johann Michael Haydn: Composer, dies at 68
- 1821Salvatore Vigano: Composer, dies at 52
- 1841Hippolyte Monpou: Composer, dies at 37
- 1843Jakob F Fries: German philosopher
- 1857John Wilson Croker: Politician
- 1859George Staunton: Writer
- 1861Nathaniel Lyon: US Union Brigadier General, dies in battle at 43
- 1867Ira Aldridge: Famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock)
- 1875Karl (Theodor) Andree: German journalist (Globus), dies at 66
- 1886Eduard Grell: Composer, dies at 85
- 1896Otto Lilienthal: German aircraft pioneer
- 1904Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau: French Foreign Minister (Dreyfus)
- 1905Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale: E African prophet / rebel leader, hanged
- 1911Carl Christian Lumbye: Composer, dies at 70
- 1921John M Martin: Last confederate congress member
- 1932Slang: Writer
- 1934John Kane: Scotish / US miner / painter, dies at 73
- 1938Joseph Moorat: Composer, dies at 73
Events on Aug 11
- 0117Hadrianus hears of death of Emperor Trajanus of Antioch
- 1253Clara van Assisi leads rules of life in order of Clarissen
- 1304Sea battle of Zierikzee
- 1492Rodrigo de Borja becomes Pope Alexander VI
- 1522Uprising of adel / burgerij in Austria fails
- 1597Germany throws out English sales people
- 1611Emperor Rudolf forces out King of Bohemia
- 1695English and Dutch fleet capture Dunkerk
- 1780Barbados hurricane begins
- 1863Cambodia becomes French protectorate
- 1874Harry S Parmelee patents sprinkler head
- 1885$100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty
- 1885Oakland Athletics Dave Kingman becomes 21st to hit 400 HR
- 1888California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store)
- 1896Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain
- 1904German-ltalian General Von Trotha defeats Herero in SW Africa
- 1909Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call
- 1909SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
- 1909Warren Bardsley (136 & 130) 1st to get twin tons in a Test
- 1914France declares war on Austria-Hungary
- 1914Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland
- 1914John Wray patents animation
- 1914Mitchenick Poland, expels Jews
- 1918Battle of Amiens ends in WWI, Allieds beat Germans
- 1919Green Bay Packers football club founded
- 1919Weimar Republic begins in Germany
- 19201st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia
- 1923Dutch Premier de Geer resigns
- 19241st newsreel pictures of presidential candidates were taken
- 1924US presidential candidates make 1st film for bio-scoop news
Born on Aug 11
- 1600Paul Hallman: Composer
- 1613Cristoph Kaldenbach: Composer
- 1635Thomas Betterton: London, England -- Actor / dramatist (Coriolanus)
- 1673Richard Mead: London, England -- Physician
- 1737Joseph Nollekins: London, England -- Sculptor
- 1744Johann Gottlieb Schwencke: Composer
- 1748Joseph Schuster: Composer
- 1772Rowland Hill: 1st Viscount / General
- 1778Friedrich Ludwig Jahn: Founder of turnverein (gymnastics) movement
- 1799Joachim de Barrande: French paleontologist / geologist
- 1805Pieter J Elout van Soeterwoude: Dutch judge / member of parliament
- 1807David R Atchison: President of USA on March 3rd 1849
- 1823Charlotte Mary Yonge: England, United Kingdom -- Writer (Heir of Redclyffe)
- 1828Edward Saloman: Governor (Union), died in 1909
- 1832Thomas Ogden Osbord: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1833Robert Green Ingersoll: New York, United States -- Author / politician / agnostic (Attorney General-R-Ill)
- 1836Cato M Guldberg: Norwegian mathematician
- 1837Marie Francois Carnot: Engineer / French President (1887-94); assassinated
- 1858Christian Eijkman: Netherlands -- Bacteriologist (Avitaminos, Nobel 1929)
- 1862Carrie Jacobs Bond: Janesville, Wisconsin -- Songwriter (I Love You Truly)
- 1863Arpad Szendy: Composer
- 1867Hobart Bosworth: Marietta, Ohio -- Actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade)
- 1867Joseph M Weber: Comedian / singer (Weber & Lewis Fields)
- 1873John Rosamond Johnson: Florida, United States -- Co-composer (Lift Every Voice & Sing)
- 1880Frederick Jerome Work: Composer
- 1882Rodolfo Graziani: Italian marschal / Viceroy of Ethiopia
- 1883Ernst Stadler: Writer
- 1888Owen Nares: Actor-manager (Maiden Erleigh)
- 1890Erich Wichman: Dutch fascist painter / sculptor
- 1892Hugh MacDiarmid: Scotland, United Kingdom -- Writer (Scots Unbound)
Died on Aug 11
- 1171Louis I: Earl of Wage / Rieneck
- 1180Guillaume de / Willem van Sens: French master builder (Canterbury)
- 1183Christian I: Archbishop of Mainz
- 1394Jan III: Mister of Polanen
- 1464Nicholas van Cusa: Philosopher / Bishop of Brixen
- 1490French van Brederode: Leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25
- 1494Hans Memling [John Memlinc]: Flemish Painter (Passietaferelen)
- 1578Pedro Nunes [Nonius]: Port Mathematician / astronomer (nonius)
- 1589Maarten Schenck van Nideggen: Lt col (80 year war)
- 1729Nicola Francesco Haym: Composer, dies at 51
- 1757Jose Pradas Gallen: Composer, dies at 67
- 1794Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht: Composer, dies at 72
- 1820Janos Lavotta: Composer, dies at 56
- 1844Jernej Kopitar: Filmologist / censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63
- 1852Nicolaas Plomp: Dutch Architect (Strugle), dies at 70
- 1868Halfdan Kierulf: Composer, dies at 52
- 1868Thaddeus Stevens: Architect of Radical Reconstruction, dies at 76
- 1872Lowell Mason: US Organist / Composer (Zebulo), dies at 80
- 1890John Henry Newman: English cardinal, dies at 89
- 1901Francesco Crispi: Italian Minister of War / Premier, dies at about 82
- 1919Andrew Carnegie: US steel industrialist / philanthropist, dies at 83
- 1935William Watson: British Poet (Purple East)
- 1937Bakr Sidqi: General / Dictator of Iraq
- 1937Edith N Wharton[-Jones]: US Author (House of Mirth), dies at 75
- 1942Richard Heinrich Stein: Composer, dies at 60
- 1949Karl Weigl: Composer, dies at 68
- 1951Ebbe Hamerik: Composer, dies at 52
- 1952Riccardo Martin: Composer, dies at 77
- 1953Ludwig Strauss: German / Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart)
- 1956Jackson Pollock: Abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)