Historical Events In August - 08

0070  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer  

1502  On August - 08 jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor  

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

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 this day in history.  

1567  On August - 08 duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium  

1570  On August - 08 peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots  

1571  On August - 08 john Ward, composer  

1579  On this day in history cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory  

1585  Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV) on August - 08.  

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

1588  Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada on August - 08.  

1588  On August - 08 alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1647  Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland on August - 08.  

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 August - 08.  

1673  Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC on this day in history.  

1685  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 on August - 08.  

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  On this day in history denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty  

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

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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 this day in history.  

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

1605  On this day in history birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)  

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) was born on this day in history.  

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on August - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 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 this day in history.  

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