Historical Events In August - 08
Saturday, 27 April 2024
0070 Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans on August - 08.
0117 On this day in history mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies
0869 Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on August - 08.
0870 On this day in history kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans
0936 German king Otto I the Great, crowned on August - 08.
1220 Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula on August - 08.
1322 On August - 08 emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect
1445 Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.
1502 Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor on this day in history.
1506 Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on this day in history.
1509 On August - 08 the Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.
1549 France declares war on England on this day in history.
1567 Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium on August - 08.
1570 On this day in history peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots
1571 On this day in history john Ward, composer
1579 On August - 08 cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory
1585 On August - 08 pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)
1586 Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen on this day in history.
1588 On this day in history sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada
1588 Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on this day in history.
1605 On August - 08 the city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
1609 On this day in history venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope
1616 On August - 08 cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68
1617 Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) on this day in history.
1619 Duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen on August - 08.
1647 Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland on August - 08.
1647 On August - 08 the Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill
1653 Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar on August - 08.
1673 Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC on August - 08.
1685 Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1693 On this day in history laurent Belissen, composer
1694 Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on August - 08.
1700 Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty on August - 08.
1700 Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.
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