Historical Events In August - 07

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

0479  On this day in history emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan  

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

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

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

1409  Council of Pisa closes on August - 07.  

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 August - 07.  

1485  On this day in history henry (VII) Tudors army lands in Milford Harbor, South-Wales  

1485  On this day in history alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince  

1498  On August - 07 columbus arrives in Caribbean  

1547  Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies on August - 07.  

1573  On this day in history francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth  

1575  On this day in history spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died  

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

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

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

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

1616  Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies on August - 07.  

1620  On August - 07 kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft  

1657  On August - 07 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 this day in history 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  On August - 07 daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian  

1750  Slave uprising on Curacao on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian  

0461  On August - 07 death of majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)  

0479  On August - 07 death of emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan  

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 August - 07.  

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 August - 07.