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  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on this day in history.  

0870  Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans on August - 08.  

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  On this day in history emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect  

1445  On this day in history oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer  

1502  Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor on this day in history.  

1506  On August - 08 sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86  

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

1549  France declares war on England on this day in history.  

1567  Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium on this day in history.  

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

1571  John Ward, composer on this day in history.  

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

1585  Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV) on August - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1609  On this day in history venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope  

1616  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 on this day in history.  

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 August - 08.  

1647  The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill on August - 08.  

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

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

1685  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

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

1605  On this day in history birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)  

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

1646  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1588  On this day in history death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter  

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