Historical Events In August - 08

0070  On August - 08 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  Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans on August - 08.  

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 August - 08.  

1322  Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect on August - 08.  

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

1502  On this day in history 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 August - 08.  

1549  France declares war on England on August - 08.  

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

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

1571  John Ward, composer on August - 08.  

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  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 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  On August - 08 adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)  

1619  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

1673  On this day in history dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC  

1685  On this day in history sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75  

1693  Laurent Belissen, composer on this day in history.  

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

1700  On August - 08 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 this day in history.  

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on this day in history.  

1571  On August - 08 birth of john Ward, composer  

1586  On August - 08 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1506  On this day in history sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86  

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 August - 08 death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter  

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on August - 08.