Historical Events In August - 04

0181  On August - 04 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  On August - 04 henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52  

1181  Supernova seen in Cassiopia on August - 04.  

1204  On this day in history boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered  

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

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

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

1347  English troops conquer Ft Calais on August - 04.  

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  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer on this day in history.  

1526  Juan Sebasti…n Cano Spanish explorer, dies on August - 04.  

1526  On August - 04 juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies  

1558  On August - 04 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah)  

1566  Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies on August - 04.  

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

1578  On this day in history battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed  

1578  2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1633  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60 on August - 04.  

1636  Johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil on August - 04.  

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  On this day in history johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle  

1687  On August - 04 johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]  

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 this day in history.  

1705  On this day in history vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer  

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.  

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 04.  

1701  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)  

1204  On this day in history death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered  

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

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  On this day in history philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26  

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