Historical Events In August - 04

0181  Supernova seen in Cassiopia on August - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

1181  On August - 04 supernova seen in Cassiopia  

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

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

1265  Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort on this day in history.  

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 this day in history sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen & English  

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

1476  Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.  

1502  On August - 04 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 August - 04.  

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

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

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  2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle on August - 04.  

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

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

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

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  On August - 04 juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58  

1664  On August - 04 louis Lully, composer  

1666  On this day in history hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique & St Christopher; thousands die  

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

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

1693  Dom Perignon invents champagne on this day in history.  

1695  On August - 04 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 this day in history.  

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

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.  

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)  

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

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

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

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1338  On August - 04 death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)  

1430  On this day in history 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