Historical Events In August - 08

0070  Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans 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.   

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 August - 08 emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect   

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

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

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

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 August - 08.   

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

1571  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada   

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

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

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  On August - 08 the Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill   

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 August - 08.   

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  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on August - 08.   

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on August - 08.   

1571  John Ward, composer was born on this day in history.   

1586  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on August - 08.   

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

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on August - 08.   

1553  On August - 08 death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)   

1555  On this day in history death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)   

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

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