Historical Events In August - 08

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

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

0869  On this day in history lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

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

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  On this day in history 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  The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire on August - 08.   

1549  On this day in history france declares war on England   

1567  On August - 08 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  On this day in history cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory   

1585  On this day in history pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  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 August - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1673  Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC on August - 08.   

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

1693  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1518  On this day in history birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)   

1571  John Ward, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1646  On August - 08 birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)   

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  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  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 this day in history.   

1588  On August - 08 death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

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