Historical Events In August - 08
Tuesday, 06 June 2023
0070 On this day in history tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans
0117 Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on August - 08.
0869 Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on August - 08.
0870 Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans on August - 08.
0936 German king Otto I the Great, crowned on August - 08.
1220 On August - 08 sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
1322 Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect on August - 08.
1445 Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.
1502 On August - 08 jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor
1506 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
1549 France declares war on England on this day in history.
1567 Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium on this day in history.
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 this day in history pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)
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 August - 08 alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter
1605 On August - 08 the city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
1609 Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope on August - 08.
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 August - 08.
1647 Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland on this day in history.
1647 The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill on this day in history.
1653 On August - 08 jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar
1673 On this day in history dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC
1685 On August - 08 sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75
1693 On August - 08 laurent Belissen, composer
1694 Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on August - 08.
1700 On August - 08 denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty
1700 On this day in history matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40