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

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

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

1220  On this day in history sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.  

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 this day in history jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor  

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

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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 August - 08.  

1571  On this day in history john Ward, composer  

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

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

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

1588  Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada on this day in history.  

1588  Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on August - 08.  

1605  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen  

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

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 this day in history.  

1673  On August - 08 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  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  On August - 08 matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40  

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1079  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on this day in history.  

1518  On August - 08 birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)  

1571  On this day in history birth of john Ward, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.  

1653  On this day in history birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar  

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

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