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

1181  Supernova seen in Cassiopia on August - 04.  

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

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

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

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1347  On August - 04 english troops conquer Ft Calais  

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

1526  On this day in history juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1578  On August - 04 battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed  

1578  2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle on August - 04.  

1584  On this day in history john van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71  

1598  London's head office of Hanze closed on this day in history.  

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 August - 04 johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil  

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

1664  Louis Lully, composer on August - 04.  

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  On August - 04 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 this day in history.  

1704  War of Spanish Succession, English & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar on this day in history.  

1705  On August - 04 vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer  

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

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.  

1502  On August - 04 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 this day in history.  

1664  On this day in history 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  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  On August - 04 death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered  

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

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

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