Historical Events In August - 07
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
0317 On this day in history flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61)
0479 On August - 07 emperor Yūryaku of Japan
0626 On this day in history battle at Constantinople: Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated
0768 On this day in history stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0768 Stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0936 On this day in history otto I the Great becomes King of Germany
1033 Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine on this day in history.
1106 On this day in history henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54
1409 Council of Pisa closes on this day in history.
1461 the Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor on this day in history.
1479 Battle of Guinegate: Emperor Maximilian I vs King Louis XI on this day in history.
1485 Henry (VII) Tudors army lands in Milford Harbor, South-Wales on August - 07.
1485 Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince on this day in history.
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 -8] English assault on Spanish Armada on August - 07.
1598 Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) on August - 07.
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 On August - 07 vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies
1620 Kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft on this day in history.
1657 Robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian
1750 Slave uprising on Curacao on August - 07.
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 On this day in history carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography
1782 Badge of US Military Merit (Purple Heart) established by George Washington on August - 07.