Historical Events In August - 04

0181  On this day in history 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  On this day in history supernova seen in Cassiopia   

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

1265  Simon de Montfort English baron, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1265  On August - 04 battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.   

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

1351  On August - 04 sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen & English   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1476  On August - 04 jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded   

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

1526  Juan Sebasti…n Cano Spanish explorer, dies on this day in history.   

1526  Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies on this day in history.   

1558  On this day in history 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah)   

1566  Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies on this day in history.   

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

1578  On this day in history battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed   

1578  2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1584  On August - 04 john van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71   

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

1598  On August - 04 william Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77   

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

1636  On this day in history johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil   

1639  On this day in history juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58   

1664  Louis Lully, composer on this day in history.   

1666  Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique & St Christopher; thousands die on this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle   

1687  On this day in history johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

1693  On August - 04 dom Perignon invents champagne   

1695  French garrison of surrenders to Willem III on August - 04.   

1704  On this day in history war of Spanish Succession, English & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar   

1705  Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer on this day in history.   

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

1290  On this day in history birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)   

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

1521  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on August - 04.   

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

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

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on August - 04.   

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on August - 04.   

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1306  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

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.