Historical Events In August - 07

0317  Flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61) on this day in history.   

0479  On August - 07 emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan   

0626  On this day in history battle at Constantinople: Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated   

0768  On August - 07 stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0768  On August - 07 stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0936  On August - 07 otto I the Great becomes King of Germany   

1033  On August - 07 frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine   

1106  On this day in history henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54   

1409  Council of Pisa closes on August - 07.   

1461  the Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor on August - 07.   

1479  On this day in history battle of Guinegate: Emperor Maximilian I vs King Louis XI   

1485  On this day in history henry (VII) Tudors army lands in Milford Harbor, South-Wales   

1485  On this day in history alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince   

1498  Columbus arrives in Caribbean on August - 07.   

1547  On August - 07 cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies   

1573  On August - 07 francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth   

1575  Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died on August - 07.   

1588  -8] English assault on Spanish Armada on August - 07.   

1598  On August - 07 georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)   

1606  The first documented performance of Macbeth performed at the Great Hall at Hampton Court on this day in history.   

1609  Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 on August - 07.   

1616  Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies on August - 07.   

1620  On this day in history kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft   

1657  On this day in history robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57   

1710  Earl van Godolphin resigns as English minister of Finance on this day in history.   

1712  On this day in history friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48   

1714  The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy on this day in history.   

1742  On August - 07 nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General   

1746  On this day in history daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian   

1750  Slave uprising on Curacao on this day in history.   

1751  On August - 07 wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V   

1760  Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians on August - 07.   

1779  On this day in history carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography   

1782  On this day in history badge of US Military Merit (Purple Heart) established by George Washington   

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1282  Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316) was born on this day in history.   

1533  Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on August - 07.   

1560  On August - 07 birth of elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614)   

1574  On August - 07 birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)   

1598  On August - 07 birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)   

1726  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on August - 07.   

1742  Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on August - 07.   

1746  On this day in history birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian   

0461  Death of Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) on August - 07.   

0479  Death of Emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan on this day in history.   

1033  On this day in history death of frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine   

1106  On August - 07 henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54   

1485  Death of Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince on this day in history.   

1547  Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies on this day in history.   

1609  On August - 07 eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60   

1613  Death of Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544) on August - 07.