Historical Events In August - 07
Thursday, 11 August 2022
0317 On this day in history flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61)
0479 Emperor Yūryaku of Japan on this day in history.
0626 Battle at Constantinople: Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated on August - 07.
0768 Stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0768 Stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0936 Otto I the Great becomes King of Germany on August - 07.
1033 On this day in history frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine
1106 Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1409 Council of Pisa closes on August - 07.
1461 On this day in history the Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
1479 Battle of Guinegate: Emperor Maximilian I vs King Louis XI on this day in history.
1485 On this day in history henry (VII) Tudors army lands in Milford Harbor, South-Wales
1485 On August - 07 alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince
1498 Columbus arrives in Caribbean on this day in history.
1547 On this day in history cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies
1573 On this day in history francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth
1575 On this day in history spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died
1588 -8] English assault on Spanish Armada on August - 07.
1598 Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) on this day in history.
1606 The first documented performance of Macbeth performed at the Great Hall at Hampton Court on this day in history.
1609 On August - 07 eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60
1616 Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies on this day in history.
1620 Kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft on August - 07.
1657 On August - 07 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 Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48 on August - 07.
1714 The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy on August - 07.
1742 Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General on this day in history.
1746 Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian on August - 07.
1750 On this day in history slave uprising on Curacao
1751 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V on August - 07.
1760 On this day in history ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians
1779 Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography on August - 07.
1782 On this day in history badge of US Military Merit (Purple Heart) established by George Washington