Historical Events In August - 08

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

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  

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

1322  Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect on this day in history.  

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 August - 08.  

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

1549  France declares war on England on August - 08.  

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

1570  On this day in history peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots  

1571  On August - 08 john Ward, composer  

1579  On August - 08 cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory  

1585  On August - 08 pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)  

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

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 August - 08 the city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.  

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

1616  On August - 08 cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68  

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) on August - 08.  

1619  On this day in history duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen  

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

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  On this day in history laurent Belissen, composer  

1694  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1617  On this day in history birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)  

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on August - 08.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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