Historical Events In August - 07
Thursday, 22 May 2025
0317 Flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61) on this day in history.
0479 Emperor Yūryaku of Japan on August - 07.
0626 On this day in history battle at Constantinople: Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated
0768 Stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 07.
0768 On August - 07 stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0936 Otto I the Great becomes King of Germany on this day in history.
1033 On this day in history 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 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 August - 07 henry (VII) Tudors army lands in Milford Harbor, South-Wales
1485 On August - 07 alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince
1498 On August - 07 columbus arrives in Caribbean
1547 Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies on this day in history.
1573 On this day in history francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth
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 this day in history.
1609 Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 on August - 07.
1616 On this day in history vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies
1620 On this day in history 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 August - 07.
1712 Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.
1714 The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy on August - 07.
1742 On this day in history nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General
1746 On this day in history daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian
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 On August - 07 ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians
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