Historical Events In August - 08

0070  On August - 08 tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans   

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

0869  On August - 08 lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

0870  Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans on August - 08.   

0936  On this day in history german king Otto I the Great, crowned   

1220  Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula on August - 08.   

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

1445  On this day in history oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1502  Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor on August - 08.   

1506  On this day in history 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 August - 08.   

1571  John Ward, composer on this day in history.   

1579  On August - 08 cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory   

1585  Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV) on this day in history.   

1586  On this day in history adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

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  On August - 08 the city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.   

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  On this day in history duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen   

1647  On August - 08 irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland.   

1647  The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill on this day in history.   

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

1673  On this day in history dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC   

1685  On August - 08 sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75   

1693  Laurent Belissen, composer on this day in history.   

1694  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on August - 08.   

1700  Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1700  On August - 08 matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40   

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1079  On this day in history birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)   

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on this day in history.   

1571  John Ward, composer was born on August - 08.   

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

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on August - 08.   

1653  On this day in history birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

0117  On this day in history mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies   

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on August - 08.   

1445  On August - 08 death of oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on this day in history.   

1553  On this day in history death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)   

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

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on August - 08.   

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on August - 08.