Historical Events In August - 07
Sunday, 08 December 2019
0317 Flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61) on this day in history.
0479 On this day in history emperor Yūryaku of Japan
0626 On August - 07 battle at Constantinople: Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated
0768 On August - 07 stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0768 On this day in history stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0936 Otto I the Great becomes King of Germany on August - 07.
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 Battle of Guinegate: Emperor Maximilian I vs King Louis XI on August - 07.
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 On August - 07 columbus arrives in Caribbean
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 On August - 07 -8] English assault on Spanish Armada
1598 On this day in history georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)
1606 The first documented performance of Macbeth performed at the Great Hall at Hampton Court on August - 07.
1609 On August - 07 eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60
1616 Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies on August - 07.
1620 On August - 07 kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft
1657 On August - 07 robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57
1710 On August - 07 earl van Godolphin resigns as English minister of Finance
1712 Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48 on August - 07.
1714 On this day in history the Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy.
1742 On this day in history nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General
1746 On August - 07 daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian
1750 Slave uprising on Curacao on this day in history.
1751 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V on August - 07.
1760 Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians on August - 07.
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