Historical Events In August - 08

0070  On this day in history tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans  

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  

0870  On August - 08 kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans  

0936  German king Otto I the Great, crowned on this day in history.  

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

1322  On this day in history emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect  

1445  On August - 08 oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer  

1502  On August - 08 jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor  

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

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

1549  France declares war on England on this day in history.  

1567  Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium on August - 08.  

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

1571  John Ward, composer on this day in history.  

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

1585  On August - 08 pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)  

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

1588  On August - 08 sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada  

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

1605  On August - 08 the city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.  

1609  On this day in history venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope  

1616  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 on August - 08.  

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) on this day in history.  

1619  On August - 08 duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen  

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

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

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar on August - 08.  

1673  On this day in history 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  Laurent Belissen, composer on this day in history.  

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

1700  On this day in history denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty  

1700  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 on August - 08.  

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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 August - 08.  

1571  On this day in history birth of john Ward, composer  

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

1605  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on August - 08.  

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

1646  On this day in history 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 August - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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