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 this day in history kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans   

0936  German king Otto I the Great, crowned on August - 08.   

1220  Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula on August - 08.   

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

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

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

1549  On August - 08 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  John Ward, composer on this day in history.   

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

1585  On August - 08 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 this day in history.   

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  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 on August - 08.   

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

1619  Duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen on this day in history.   

1647  Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland on this day in history.   

1647  The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill on this day in history.   

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 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 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  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on August - 08.   

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

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

1605  On this day in history 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  On August - 08 birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)   

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar was born on August - 08.   

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  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on this day in history.   

1553  On this day in history death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)   

1555  On August - 08 death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)   

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

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on this day in history.