Historical Events In August - 04
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
0181 Supernova seen in Cassiopia on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1060 Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on August - 04.
1181 On August - 04 supernova seen in Cassiopia
1204 Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on August - 04.
1265 On this day in history simon de Montfort English baron, dies in battle
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 August - 04.
1347 English troops conquer Ft Calais on this day in history.
1351 Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen & English on August - 04.
1430 Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on August - 04.
1476 On this day in history jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded
1502 On August - 04 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer
1526 Juan Sebasti…n Cano Spanish explorer, dies on August - 04.
1526 On August - 04 juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies
1558 On this day in history 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah)
1566 Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies on this day in history.
1578 On this day in history battle of Alcazarquivir, Morrocans defeat Portugeese
1578 Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed on August - 04.
1578 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle on August - 04.
1584 John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 on August - 04.
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 August - 04.
1636 On August - 04 johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil
1639 On August - 04 juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58
1664 On this day in history louis Lully, composer
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 On August - 04 johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]
1693 On this day in history dom Perignon invents champagne
1695 French garrison of surrenders to Willem III on August - 04.
1704 On August - 04 war of Spanish Succession, English & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar
1705 Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer on this day in history.