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  Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans on this day in history.  

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

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  Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on this day in history.  

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

1549  France declares war on England on August - 08.  

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 August - 08.  

1571  On this day in history john Ward, composer  

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  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 this day in history.  

1609  On August - 08 venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope  

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

1617  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1673  On this day in history 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  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  On August - 08 denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty  

1700  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 on August - 08.  

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1079  On August - 08 birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)  

1518  On August - 08 birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)  

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

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

1605  On August - 08 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  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.  

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

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.  

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on this day in history.  

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 August - 08.  

1604  On this day in history death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)