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 August - 08.  

0869  On August - 08 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 August - 08 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 August - 08 oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer  

1502  Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor on August - 08.  

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  On August - 08 france declares war on England  

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

1570  Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots on August - 08.  

1571  John Ward, composer on August - 08.  

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

1585  On this day in history pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)  

1586  On this day in history adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen  

1588  On August - 08 sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada  

1588  On August - 08 alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter  

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

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  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  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 August - 08.  

1693  On this day in history laurent Belissen, composer  

1694  On August - 08 antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82  

1700  On August - 08 denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty  

1700  On August - 08 matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on this day in history.  

1605  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on August - 08.  

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

1646  On August - 08 birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)  

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 August - 08 lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies  

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on this day in history.  

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

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on August - 08.  

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on this day in history.  

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.