Historical Events In August - 08

0070  Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans on August - 08.   

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on this day in history.   

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on this day in history.   

0870  On this day in history kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans   

0936  On August - 08 german king Otto I the Great, crowned   

1220  On August - 08 sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.   

1322  Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect on this day in history.   

1445  Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.   

1502  Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor on this day in history.   

1506  On August - 08 sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

1509  The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire on this day in history.   

1549  France declares war on England on August - 08.   

1567  Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium on this day in history.   

1570  Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots on this day in history.   

1571  On this day in history john Ward, composer   

1579  Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory on this day in history.   

1585  Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV) on August - 08.   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada   

1588  On this day in history alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

1605  The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden on this day in history.   

1609  Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope on August - 08.   

1616  On this day in history cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68   

1617  On August - 08 adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

1619  Duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen on August - 08.   

1647  Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland on this day in history.   

1647  The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill on August - 08.   

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar on this day in history.   

1673  On August - 08 dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC   

1685  On this day in history sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75   

1693  On August - 08 laurent Belissen, composer   

1694  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1700  Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty on August - 08.   

1700  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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1079  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on August - 08.   

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on August - 08.   

1571  On August - 08 birth of john Ward, composer   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on August - 08.   

1605  On this day in history birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)   

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) was born on August - 08.   

1646  On August - 08 birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)   

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar was born on this day in history.   

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on this day in history.   

0869  On this day in history lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.   

1506  On this day in history sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on this day in history.   

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on August - 08.   

1588  On August - 08 death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

1604  On this day in history death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)