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Aug 09 1201

Arnold Fitz Thedmar English chronicler of the mayors and sheriffs of London in 11881274 born in London (d. 1274)

Aug 09 1593

Izaak Walton English biographer and author (The Compleat Angler) born in Stafford England (d. 1683)

Aug 09 1611

Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen colonelgovernor of Hulst Neth

Aug 09 1669

Eudoxia Lopukhina Tsarina of Russia (d. 1731)

Aug 09 1674

Frantiek Maxmilin Kaka Czech architect (d. 1766)

Aug 09 1677

Jacob Campo Weyerman South Neths adventurerpainterwriter

Aug 09 1696

Jozef Wenceslas monarch of Liechtensteingeneral

Aug 09 1722

Augustus William Prince of Prussia born in Stadtschloss Berlin Prussia (d. 1758)

Aug 09 1726

Francesco Cetti Italian Jesuit scientist (d. 1778)

Aug 09 1757

Thomas Telford Scottish civil engineer (d. 1834)

Aug 09 1758

Bruno DalbergAnonymus Belga [Petrus the Wacker van Zon] writer

Aug 09 1781

Michael Umlauf Austrian violinist composer and conductor (premiere of Beethovens 9th) born in Vienna (d. 1842)

Aug 09 1783

Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1801)

Aug 09 1797

Charles Robert Malden British naval officer (d. 1855)

Aug 09 1805

Joseph Locke English railway and civil engineer (d. 1860)

Aug 09 1808

William Thomas Ward American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Amelia County Virginia (d 1878)

Aug 09 1819

William Thomas Green Morton dentist used ether (HOF 1920)

Aug 09 1819

Jonathan Homer Lane American astrophysicist who mathematically analyzed the Sun as a gaseous body born in Geneseo New York (d. 1880)

Aug 09 1823

Daniel Marsh Frost Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1900)

Aug 09 1824

Simon Goodell Griffin American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Newark Ohio (d. 1887)

Aug 09 1845

Andr Bessette Canadian religious figure (d. 1937)

Aug 09 1847

Maria Victoria al Pozzo della Cisterna queen consort of Spain (d. 1876)

Aug 09 1861

Wilhelm Berger German composer pianist and conductor born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1911)

Aug 09 1869

Randle Ayrton British actor (The Manxman Nell Gwyn) born in Chester Cheshire England (d. 1940)

Aug 09 1872

Archduke Joseph August of Austria Austrian field marshal (d. 1962)

Aug 09 1875

Albert William Ketlbey British pianist and composer (In A Monastery Garden) born in Aston Birmingham (d. 1959)

Aug 09 1875

Reynaldo Hahn French composer conductor music critic and diarist

Aug 09 1883

George Hoyt NBA hall of fame referee (elected 1961)

Aug 09 1884

Maria Mary Beekman Flemish actress (Genius against Violence) born in Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands (d. 1957)

Aug 09 1887

Abraham Schierbeek Dutch biologist (Swammerdam)

Aug 09 1888

Hans Oster German major generalspyJuly 20th plotter

Aug 09 1892

Charles Delaney American actor (Air Police Lonesome Trail) born in NYC New York (d. 1959)

Aug 09 1895

Fred Badcock cricketer (swing bowler in NZs 1st Test matches)

Aug 09 1173 Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins and it takes two centuries to complete.

Aug 09 1253 Clare of Assisis rules confirmed by Pope Innocent IV for Clares Order of Poor Ladies

Aug 09 1329 Quilon the first Indian Diocese was erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus was appointed the first Bishop

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