Historical Events In August - 07

0317  Flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61) on this day in history.  

0479  Emperor Yūryaku of Japan on August - 07.  

0626  On August - 07 battle at Constantinople: Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated  

0768  On August - 07 stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

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

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 August - 07.  

1409  On this day in history 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.  

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

1485  Henry (VII) Tudors army lands in Milford Harbor, South-Wales on this day in history.  

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

1498  On this day in history columbus arrives in Caribbean  

1547  On this day in history cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies  

1573  Francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth on August - 07.  

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

1588  On August - 07 -8] English assault on Spanish Armada  

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

1606  On this day in history the first documented performance of Macbeth performed at the Great Hall at Hampton Court.  

1609  Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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  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 August - 07 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  Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V on this day in history.  

1760  On this day in history ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians  

1779  Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography on August - 07.  

1782  Badge of US Military Merit (Purple Heart) established by George Washington on August - 07.  

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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 this day in history.  

1560  On August - 07 birth of elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614)  

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

1598  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on August - 07.  

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

1742  On this day in history 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  Death of Emperor Yūryaku of Japan on this day in history.  

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

1106  On August - 07 henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54  

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

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

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.