Historical Events In August - 08

0070  Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans on this day in history.  

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on August - 08.  

0869  On this day in history lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies  

0870  On August - 08 kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans  

0936  German king Otto I the Great, crowned on August - 08.  

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

1322  Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect on this day in history.  

1445  Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.  

1502  On August - 08 jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor  

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

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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  Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium on August - 08.  

1570  Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots on this day in history.  

1571  John Ward, composer on this day in history.  

1579  On August - 08 cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory  

1585  On August - 08 pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)  

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

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

1588  On August - 08 alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter  

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

1653  On August - 08 jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar  

1673  Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC on this day in history.  

1685  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 on August - 08.  

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  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

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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 August - 08.  

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

1586  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)  

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar was born on this day in history.  

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on this day in history.  

0869  On August - 08 lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies  

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  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on August - 08.  

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on this day in history.  

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

1604  On August - 08 death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)