Historical Events In August - 08

0070  Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans.   

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies.   

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

0870  Kings Charles the Bare and Louis the German divide Lutherans   

0936  German king Otto I the Great, crowned   

1220  Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula   

1322  Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect   

1445  Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer.   

1502  Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor   

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

1509  The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire   

1549  France declares war on England.   

1567  Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium.   

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

1571  John Ward, composer.   

1579  Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory.   

1585  Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

1588  Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada.   

1588  Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter.   

1605  The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.   

1609  Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope.   

1616  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68   

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary).   

1619  Duke Maximilian I and Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen.   

1647  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   

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

1673  In this year, Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships formally claims surrender of NYC.   

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

1693  Laurent Belissen, composer   

1694  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82.   

1700  Denmark and Sweden sign peace treaty.   

1700  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40.   

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1079  Emperor horikawa of japan: Emperor horikawa of japan (d. 1107)   

1518  Conrad lycosthenes: French-born german humanist and encyclopedist   

1571  John ward: Composer   

1586  Adolf: Earl of nassau-siegen   

1605  Cecilius calvert: 2nd baron baltimore, british colonial governor of maryland   

1617  Adriaan w "joris" van geel: Flemish missionary (bantu dictionary)   

1646  Godfrey kneller: German-born painter   

1653  Jacques basnage: French/neth historian/vicar   

0117  Mark ulpius trajanus: Adopted son of emperor nerva/emperor,   

0869  Death of Lotharius ii: King of middle-france (lotharingen) (855-869),   

1445  Death of Oswald von wolkenstein: Austrian composer   

1506  Death of Sesshu toyo: Zen monk/painter,   

1553  Girolamo fracastoro: Italian physician (b. 1478)   

1555  Oronce finé: French mathematician (b. 1494)   

1588  Death of Alonso sánchez coello: Spanish painter   

1604  Death of Horio tadauji: Japanese warlord (b. 1578)