• Loading...
  • Loading...
Home | Birthdays | Events | Facts | Holidays | Inventions
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Eventful Years |
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

Historical Events In August - 20

Tuesday, 06 June 2023

0002  Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0535  On this day in history mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0573  On August - 20 gregory of Tours selected bishop of Tours  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0636  On August - 20 battle at Yarmuk: Moslems beat Byzantines [or August 15]  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0917  On August - 20 the Bulgarian czar Symeon overruns Thrace in violation of a 913 agreement with Constantinople The Byzantines launch a counterattack but are routed August 20 at Anchialus Symeon gains control of the Balkans  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0917  Battle at Anchialus: Bulgaria army counter attacks Byzantines on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0984  John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1000  On this day in history the foundation of the Hungarian state, Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1153  On August - 20 bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1191  Crusader King Richard I kills 3,000 muslim prisoners in Akko on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1384  On August - 20 geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1391  Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1517  On August - 20 antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1534  On August - 20 turkish admiral Chaireddin"Barbarossa" occupies Tunis  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1538  On this day in history aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1561  On August - 20 jacopo Peri, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1566  Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp Belgium on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1583  Humphrey Gilbert c1537-1583 sails to Cape Race Newfoundland to fish for cod and explore mainland; sends two ships back to England on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1585  English queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: aid to Netherland on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1597  1st Dutch East India Company ships returned from Far East on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1604  On this day in history spanish garrison of Sluis surrenders to count Maurice  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  On August - 20 1st Black slaves brought by Dutch to colony of Jamestown Virginia  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  Hudson's Bay Company employee Henry Kelsey sees buffalo on the Prairies, southwest of The Pas; the first white man to describe them on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  On August - 20 valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1639  On this day in history martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1641  On August - 20 britain & Scotland sign Treaty of Pacification  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1648  On August - 20 battle of Lens: French duke d'Enghien defeats Spaniards  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1648  On August - 20 edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1666  On August - 20 alphonse d' Eve, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1672  Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are brutally murdered by an angry mob in The Hague on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Next Page »

Days In August

List Of Important Days In August

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31

Famous Birthdays In August - 20

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1517  On this day in history birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1526  On August - 20 birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1561  On August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam was born on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1665  On August - 20 birth of bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 20

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0535  On this day in history death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0984  John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1153  On this day in history bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1572  On August - 20 death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on August - 20.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  On this day in history death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Popular Searches

Poll

Cast Your Vote

Are Women Better Leaders?
Yes
No
Don't Know