Historical Events In August - 04

0181  Supernova seen in Cassiopia on this day in history.  

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

1181  On August - 04 supernova seen in Cassiopia  

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

1265  Simon de Montfort English baron, dies in battle on August - 04.  

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

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

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

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

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

1598  On this day in history 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  Johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil on this day in history.  

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

1664  Louis Lully, composer on August - 04.  

1666  On August - 04 hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique & St Christopher; thousands die  

1666  Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle on this day in history.  

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

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 August - 04.  

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

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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 this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer  

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on August - 04.  

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on August - 04.  

1664  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1060  On August - 04 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 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  On this day in history death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded