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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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 August - 04.  

1351  On this day in history 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  Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.  

1502  On this day in history pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer  

1526  On this day in history juan Sebasti…n Cano Spanish explorer, dies  

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

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

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

1578  Battle of Alcazarquivir, Morrocans defeat Portugeese on August - 04.  

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  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  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  Louis Lully, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1693  On August - 04 dom Perignon invents champagne  

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

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  On this day in history 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 August - 04.  

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

1306  On August - 04 death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)  

1338  On this day in history death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)  

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

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