Historical Events In August - 07

0317  On this day in history flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61)  

0479  Emperor Yūryaku of Japan on August - 07.  

0626  On August - 07 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 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 this day in history.  

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

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1479  On this day in history battle of Guinegate: Emperor Maximilian I vs King Louis XI  

1485  On August - 07 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 August - 07.  

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

1573  On August - 07 francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth  

1575  Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died on August - 07.  

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

1598  On August - 07 georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)  

1606  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1620  On this day in history kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft  

1657  On August - 07 robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57  

1710  On this day in history earl van Godolphin resigns as English minister of Finance  

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

1714  On August - 07 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 August - 07.  

1751  On August - 07 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  On August - 07 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  On this day in history birth of alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)  

1560  Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614) was born on August - 07.  

1574  Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) was born on August - 07.  

1598  On August - 07 birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)  

1726  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.  

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

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  On August - 07 death of thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)