Events & Holidays In August - 07
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Battle of Boyaca (Colombia)
Independence Day (Ivory Coast)
Labor Day (Samoa)
Youth Day (Kiribati)
Battle of Boyaca (Colombia)
Independence Day (Ivory Coast)
Labor Day (Samoa)
Youth Day (Kiribati)
1282 On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316)
1533 Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.
1560 Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614) was born on this day in history.
1574 On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)
1598 On this day in history birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)
1726 On this day in history birth of james Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)
1742 Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on this day in history.
1746 On this day in history birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian
0461 Death of Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) on this day in history.
0479 On this day in history death of emperor Yūryaku of Japan
1033 Death of Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine on this day in history.
1106 On this day in history henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54
1485 Death of Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince on this day in history.
1547 On this day in history cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies
1609 On this day in history eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60
1613 Death of Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544) on this day in history.