Historical Events In August - 04
Saturday, 14 June 2025
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 On this day in history henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52
1181 On August - 04 supernova seen in Cassiopia
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 Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort on this day in history.
1265 Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.
1347 English troops conquer Ft Calais on August - 04.
1351 On this day in history sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen & English
1430 On August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26
1476 On this day in history jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded
1502 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer on August - 04.
1526 On August - 04 juan Sebasti…n Cano Spanish explorer, dies
1526 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1578 Battle of Alcazarquivir, Morrocans defeat Portugeese on August - 04.
1578 Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed on August - 04.
1578 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle on this day in history.
1584 On August - 04 john van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71
1598 London's head office of Hanze closed on August - 04.
1598 On this day in history william Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77
1633 On August - 04 george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60
1636 On August - 04 johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil
1639 On this day in history juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58
1664 Louis Lully, composer on August - 04.
1666 Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique & St Christopher; thousands die on August - 04.
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 Dom Perignon invents champagne on this day in history.
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