Historical Events In August - 08

0070  Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans 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.   

0870  Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans on this day in history.   

0936  On this day in history german king Otto I the Great, crowned   

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 August - 08.   

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

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 August - 08.   

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

1570  Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots on this day in history.   

1571  John Ward, composer on August - 08.   

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

1585  Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV) on this day in history.   

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

1588  On this day in history 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  On August - 08 venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope   

1616  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 on August - 08.   

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

1619  On August - 08 duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen   

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  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar on this day in history.   

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

1685  On August - 08 sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75   

1693  On August - 08 laurent Belissen, composer   

1694  On this day in history antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82   

1700  Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty on August - 08.   

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 August - 08.   

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

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

1605  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

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

1646  On this day in history 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 this day in history lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

1445  On August - 08 death of oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1506  On August - 08 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 August - 08 death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

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