Historical Events In August - 04

0181  Supernova seen in Cassiopia on August - 04.  

1060  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1181  On August - 04 supernova seen in Cassiopia  

1204  On this day in history 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 August - 04.  

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle  

1347  On this day in history english troops conquer Ft Calais  

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 August - 04 jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded  

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

1526  On August - 04 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 August - 04 girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies  

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  On August - 04 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle  

1584  John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 on August - 04.  

1598  London's head office of Hanze closed on August - 04.  

1598  On August - 04 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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]  

1693  On this day in history dom Perignon invents champagne  

1695  On this day in history french garrison of surrenders to Willem III  

1704  On August - 04 war of Spanish Succession, English & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar  

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 August - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer  

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 August - 04 death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered  

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

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on this day in history.  

1338  On August - 04 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  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.