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  On this day in history 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  Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula on August - 08.   

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  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.   

1509  On August - 08 the Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.   

1549  On this day in history france declares war on England   

1567  On this day in history 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  Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory on August - 08.   

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

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

1588  On this day in history sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada   

1588  On this day in history alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

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 August - 08.   

1616  On this day in history cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68   

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 August - 08.   

1647  Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland on this day in history.   

1647  On August - 08 the Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill   

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

1673  On August - 08 dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC   

1685  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1693  On August - 08 laurent Belissen, composer   

1694  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1700  Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1700  On this day in history matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40   

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1079  On August - 08 birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)   

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on August - 08.   

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

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

1605  On August - 08 birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)   

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

0117  On August - 08 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  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.   

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on this day in history.   

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