Historical Events In August - 04

0181  On August - 04 supernova seen in Cassiopia  

1060  On August - 04 france's Henri I dies August 4 at age 52 and is succeeded by his son of 8, who will reign until 1108 as Philip I  

1060  On this day in history henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52  

1181  Supernova seen in Cassiopia on this day in history.  

1204  On August - 04 boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered  

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort English baron, dies in battle  

1265  Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort on this day in history.  

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1347  English troops conquer Ft Calais on this day in history.  

1351  Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen & English on this day in history.  

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on August - 04.  

1476  On this day in history jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded  

1502  On August - 04 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer  

1526  On August - 04 juan Sebasti…n Cano Spanish explorer, dies  

1526  Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies on August - 04.  

1558  On August - 04 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah)  

1566  Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies on August - 04.  

1578  Battle of Alcazarquivir, Morrocans defeat Portugeese on this day in history.  

1578  Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed on August - 04.  

1578  On August - 04 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle  

1584  John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 on August - 04.  

1598  On this day in history london's head office of Hanze closed  

1598  William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77 on August - 04.  

1633  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1636  Johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil on August - 04.  

1639  Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 on August - 04.  

1664  On this day in history louis Lully, composer  

1666  On this day in history hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique & St Christopher; thousands die  

1666  On August - 04 johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle  

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] on this day in history.  

1693  Dom Perignon invents champagne on this day in history.  

1695  On this day in history french garrison of surrenders to Willem III  

1704  War of Spanish Succession, English & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar on this day in history.  

1705  Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer on August - 04.  

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1222  On August - 04 birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)  

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.  

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.  

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)  

1604  On this day in history birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)  

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04.  

1687  On August - 04 birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]  

1701  On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)  

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on this day in history.  

1204  On August - 04 death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered  

1265  On August - 04 simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle  

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on August - 04.  

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on this day in history.  

1430  On August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26  

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.