Historical Events In August - 08

0070  On August - 08 tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans  

0117  On August - 08 mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies  

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

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

0936  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 August - 08.  

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

1549  On this day in history france declares war on England  

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

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

1571  On this day in history 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  On August - 08 adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen  

1588  Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada on August - 08.  

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

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

1609  Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On August - 08 laurent Belissen, composer  

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

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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  On August - 08 birth of john Ward, composer  

1586  On August - 08 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  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) was born on August - 08.  

1646  On this day in history birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)  

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

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  On this day in history 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 August - 08 death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)  

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

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)