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)