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 Yūryaku of Japan  

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

0768  Stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 07.  

0768  Stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 07.  

0936  Otto I the Great becomes King of Germany on this day in history.  

1033  On this day in history 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  On August - 07 council of Pisa closes  

1461  On this day in history the Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.  

1479  On August - 07 battle of Guinegate: Emperor Maximilian I vs King Louis XI  

1485  Henry (VII) Tudors army lands in Milford Harbor, South-Wales on August - 07.  

1485  Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince on August - 07.  

1498  Columbus arrives in Caribbean on this day in history.  

1547  Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies on August - 07.  

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 this day in history.  

1598  On this day in history georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)  

1606  On August - 07 the first documented performance of Macbeth performed at the Great Hall at Hampton Court.  

1609  On this day in history eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60  

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

1620  Kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft on August - 07.  

1657  Robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57 on August - 07.  

1710  On August - 07 earl van Godolphin resigns as English minister of Finance  

1712  Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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

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

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian on this day in history.  

1750  On this day in history slave uprising on Curacao  

1751  On this day in history wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V  

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

1779  Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography on this day in history.  

1782  Badge of US Military Merit (Purple Heart) established by George Washington on this day in history.  

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1282  Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316) was born on August - 07.  

1533  On August - 07 birth of alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)  

1560  On this day in history 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  On August - 07 birth of james Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)  

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

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on August - 07.  

0461  Death of Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) on this day in history.  

0479  On this day in history death of emperor Yūryaku of Japan  

1033  Death of Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine on August - 07.  

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

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

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

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

1613  On this day in history death of thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)