Historical Events In August - 07

0317  On August - 07 flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61)  

0479  On August - 07 emperor Yūryaku of Japan  

0626  Battle at Constantinople: Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated on August - 07.  

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

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  Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1409  On August - 07 council of Pisa closes  

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

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 this day in history.  

1573  On August - 07 francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth  

1575  On August - 07 spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died  

1588  -8] English assault on Spanish Armada on this day in history.  

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 August - 07.  

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

1616  On this day in history vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies  

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

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 August - 07 friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48  

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

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

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  On this day in history ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians  

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

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 August - 07.  

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 this day in history birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)  

1598  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

0479  On August - 07 death of emperor Yūryaku of Japan  

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

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

1485  On August - 07 death of alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince  

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

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

1613  Death of Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544) on this day in history.