Historical Events In August - 07
Monday, 18 March 2024
0317 On August - 07 flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61)
0479 Emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan on August - 07.
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 On this day in history stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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 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 On August - 07 the Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
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 August - 07.
1485 On August - 07 alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince
1498 Columbus arrives in Caribbean on August - 07.
1547 Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies on August - 07.
1573 On August - 07 francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth
1575 On August - 07 spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died
1588 On this day in history -8] English assault on Spanish Armada
1598 Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) on August - 07.
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 this day in history.
1616 On August - 07 vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies
1620 On this day in history kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft
1657 On this day in history robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57
1710 On this day in history earl van Godolphin resigns as English minister of Finance
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 this day in history.
1746 Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian on this day in history.
1750 Slave uprising on Curacao on this day in history.
1751 On this day in history wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V
1760 Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians on this day in history.
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