Historical Events In August - 07

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

0479  Emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan on this day in history.   

0626  On August - 07 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 August - 07 otto I the Great becomes King of Germany   

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

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

1479  Battle of Guinegate: Emperor Maximilian I vs King Louis XI on August - 07.   

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  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  On this day in history spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died   

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

1598  On this day in history georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)   

1606  On August - 07 the first documented performance of Macbeth performed at the Great Hall at Hampton Court.   

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

1616  Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 07.   

1712  On this day in history friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48   

1714  On August - 07 the Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy.   

1742  On this day in history nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General   

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian on August - 07.   

1750  Slave uprising on Curacao on August - 07.   

1751  Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V on August - 07.   

1760  Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians on August - 07.   

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

1782  On this day in history badge of US Military Merit (Purple Heart) established by George Washington   

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1282  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316)   

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  Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

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

1746  On August - 07 birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian   

0461  Death of Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) on August - 07.   

0479  Death of Emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan on this day in history.   

1033  On this day in history death of frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine   

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

1485  Death of Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince on this day in history.   

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

1609  On August - 07 eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60   

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