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Historical Events In August - 20

Monday, 18 March 2024

0002  Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0535  On this day in history mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0573  On August - 20 gregory of Tours selected bishop of Tours  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0636  Battle at Yarmuk: Moslems beat Byzantines [or August 15] on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0917  The Bulgarian czar Symeon overruns Thrace in violation of a 913 agreement with Constantinople The Byzantines launch a counterattack but are routed August 20 at Anchialus Symeon gains control of the Balkans on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0917  Battle at Anchialus: Bulgaria army counter attacks Byzantines on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0984  On August - 20 john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1000  On this day in history the foundation of the Hungarian state, Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1153  On this day in history bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1191  Crusader King Richard I kills 3,000 muslim prisoners in Akko on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1384  On this day in history geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1391  Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1526  On August - 20 peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1534  On August - 20 turkish admiral Chaireddin"Barbarossa" occupies Tunis  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1538  On this day in history aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1561  On this day in history jacopo Peri, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1566  Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp Belgium on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1583  On this day in history humphrey Gilbert c1537-1583 sails to Cape Race Newfoundland to fish for cod and explore mainland; sends two ships back to England.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1585  English queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: aid to Netherland on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1597  On August - 20 1st Dutch East India Company ships returned from Far East  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1604  Spanish garrison of Sluis surrenders to count Maurice on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  On August - 20 1st Black slaves brought by Dutch to colony of Jamestown Virginia  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  On August - 20 hudson's Bay Company employee Henry Kelsey sees buffalo on the Prairies, southwest of The Pas; the first white man to describe them.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1625  On August - 20 thomas Corneille, French playwright  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1639  On August - 20 martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1641  On this day in history britain & Scotland sign Treaty of Pacification  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1648  Battle of Lens: French duke d'Enghien defeats Spaniards on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1648  On August - 20 edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1672  On this day in history former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are brutally murdered by an angry mob in The Hague.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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List Of Important Days In August

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Famous Birthdays In August - 20

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1526  On this day in history birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1561  Jacopo Peri, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1637  On August - 20 birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1666  On August - 20 birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 20

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0535  On this day in history death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0984  On this day in history john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1538  On August - 20 death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  On this day in history death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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