Historical Events In August - 04

0181  On August - 04 supernova seen in Cassiopia   

1060  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 on August - 04.   

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on August - 04.   

1181  Supernova seen in Cassiopia on August - 04.   

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

1265  On August - 04 simon de Montfort English baron, dies in battle   

1265  On this day in history battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort   

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

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 August - 04.   

1476  Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.   

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 August - 04.   

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

1566  On this day in history girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies   

1578  On August - 04 battle of Alcazarquivir, Morrocans defeat Portugeese   

1578  Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed on this day in history.   

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

1584  John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1598  On August - 04 london's head office of Hanze closed   

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

1633  On this day in history george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60   

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

1639  Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1664  On August - 04 louis Lully, composer   

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

1666  Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle on August - 04.   

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

1693  On this day in history dom Perignon invents champagne   

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

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

1705  Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer on August - 04.   

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on August - 04.   

1290  On August - 04 birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)   

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

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.   

1060  On August - 04 henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52   

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

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on this day in history.   

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

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on this day in history.   

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on August - 04.   

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

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.