Historical Events In January - 08

0482  On January - 08 severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies   

0624  On this day in history moslem army occupies Kurashitische Caravan   

0624  On this day in history abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle   

0794  Church at Lindisfarne, England destroyed by Vikings on January - 08.   

0794  Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island on this day in history.   

0871  On this day in history battle at Ashdown Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army   

0871  On January - 08 battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army   

1081  Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) on this day in history.   

1100  Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on this day in history.   

1198  Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III on January - 08.   

1198  On January - 08 coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

1214  On January - 08 earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France   

1297  Monaco gains its independence on January - 08.   

1324  On this day in history marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

1336  On January - 08 giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

1455  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on January - 08.   

1499  Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep the duchy for the crown on this day in history.   

1499  On January - 08 louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown   

1558  French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais on this day in history.   

1567  On January - 08 jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37   

1570  Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510) on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

1587  On January - 08 johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

1589  On January - 08 ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

1598  On this day in history genoa Italy expels Jews   

1598  Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72   

1628  On this day in history francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist on January - 08.   

1642  Astronomer Galileo Galilei dies in Arcetri, Italy at age 77 on January - 08.   

1642  Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy on January - 08.   

1651  On this day in history giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56   

1656  Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands) on January - 08.   

1658  Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix) on January - 08.   

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1081  On January - 08 birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  On January - 08 birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

1583  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on January - 08.   

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on this day in history.   

1589  On this day in history birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

1601  On January - 08 birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)   

1628  On January - 08 birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  On January - 08 birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist   

0482  On this day in history severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies   

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on January - 08.   

1100  On January - 08 death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)   

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on this day in history.   

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on this day in history.   

1324  On this day in history marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

1336  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on this day in history.   

1455  On January - 08 laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73