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 August - 08.  

0936  On August - 08 german king Otto I the Great, crowned  

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  Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.  

1502  Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor on this day in history.  

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

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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  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  The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden on this day in history.  

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

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

1617  On August - 08 adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)  

1619  Duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen on this day in history.  

1647  On this day in history 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  Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC on August - 08.  

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 August - 08.  

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 this day in history birth of john Ward, composer  

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

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

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 August - 08.  

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

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  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on August - 08.  

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on this day in history.  

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