Historical Events In August - 08

0070  Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans on this day in history.   

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.   

0870  Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans on this day in history.   

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 August - 08.   

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

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

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

1509  On August - 08 the Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.   

1549  France declares war on England on August - 08.   

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

1570  On August - 08 peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots   

1571  John Ward, composer on August - 08.   

1579  Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory on August - 08.   

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

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

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  On August - 08 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  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 August - 08.   

1673  Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC on this day in history.   

1685  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 on August - 08.   

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 August - 08 denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty   

1700  On this day in history matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40   

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1079  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on this day in history.   

1518  On August - 08 birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)   

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

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

1605  On August - 08 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1553  On August - 08 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  On this day in history death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)