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 August - 08.  

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

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  Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula on this day in history.  

1322  On August - 08 emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect  

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

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

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on August - 08.  

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

1549  On this day in history france declares war on England  

1567  On this day in history duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium  

1570  Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots on August - 08.  

1571  On August - 08 john Ward, composer  

1579  On this day in history cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory  

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

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

1588  Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada on this day in history.  

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 August - 08.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 on August - 08.  

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  On this day in history denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty  

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

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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 this day in history.  

1571  On August - 08 birth of john Ward, composer  

1586  On August - 08 birth of adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen  

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 this day in history.  

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 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 August - 08.  

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on this day in history.  

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on August - 08.  

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on August - 08.  

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on this day in history.  

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on this day in history.  

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