Historical Events In August - 08

0070  Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans on August - 08.  

0117  On August - 08 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  On August - 08 kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans  

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  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.  

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1509  On August - 08 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 this day in history.  

1571  John Ward, composer on August - 08.  

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

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

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

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

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  On August - 08 venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope  

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  The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill on August - 08.  

1653  On August - 08 jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar  

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 this day in history.  

1693  Laurent Belissen, composer on this day in history.  

1694  On this day in history antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82  

1700  Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty on August - 08.  

1700  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

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  On August - 08 birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar  

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 08.  

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

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on August - 08.  

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

1604  On August - 08 death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)