Historical Events In August - 07
Saturday, 10 April 2021
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 Stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 07.
0768 Stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 07.
0936 On this day in history otto I the Great becomes King of Germany
1033 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
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 August - 07.
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 On August - 07 alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince
1498 Columbus arrives in Caribbean on this day in history.
1547 On this day in history cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies
1573 Francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth on this day in history.
1575 Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died on August - 07.
1588 On this day in history -8] English assault on Spanish Armada
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 August - 07.
1609 Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 on August - 07.
1616 On August - 07 vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies
1620 On August - 07 kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft
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 On this day in history friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48
1714 The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy on this day in history.
1742 On this day in history nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General
1746 Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian on this day in history.
1750 On August - 07 slave uprising on Curacao
1751 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V on August - 07.
1760 On August - 07 ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians
1779 On this day in history carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography
1782 On this day in history badge of US Military Merit (Purple Heart) established by George Washington