Historical Events In August - 08

0070  On August - 08 tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans   

0117  On August - 08 mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies   

0869  On this day in history lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

0870  On August - 08 kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans   

0936  German king Otto I the Great, crowned on this day in history.   

1220  Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula on this day in history.   

1322  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 08 france declares war on England   

1567  Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium on August - 08.   

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

1571  On August - 08 john Ward, composer   

1579  Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

1605  On August - 08 the city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.   

1609  Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On August - 08 sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75   

1693  Laurent Belissen, composer on this day in history.   

1694  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on August - 08.   

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  On this day in history birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)   

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  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 this day in history.   

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on August - 08.   

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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)