Historical Events In August - 07

0317  Flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61) on August - 07.  

0479  On August - 07 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 this day in history.  

0768  Stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

0936  On this day in history otto I the Great becomes King of Germany  

1033  On August - 07 frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine  

1106  Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 on August - 07.  

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 this day in history.  

1479  On August - 07 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 August - 07 columbus arrives in Caribbean  

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

1616  On August - 07 vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies  

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  The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy on this day in history.  

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

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

1750  Slave uprising on Curacao on August - 07.  

1751  Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V on this day in history.  

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

1779  On this day in history carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography  

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 August - 07 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 this day in history.  

1574  On this day in history birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)  

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

1726  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on August - 07.  

1742  Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on this day in history.  

1746  On this day in history birth of daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian  

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

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

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

1613  On this day in history death of thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)