Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In January - 08
Wednesday, 04 August 2021
0482 Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on January - 08. 
0624 On January - 08 moslem army occupies Kurashitische Caravan
0624 On January - 08 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 Battle at Ashdown Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army on this day in history.
0871 On this day in history battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
1081 Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) on January - 08.
1100 On January - 08 antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)
1198 Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III on this day in history.
1198 On January - 08 coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies
1214 On this day in history earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France
1297 Monaco gains its independence on January - 08.
1324 On January - 08 marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies
1336 Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on January - 08.
1455 On this day in history laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73
1499 On this day in history louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep the duchy for the crown
1499 Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown on this day in history.
1558 French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais on this day in history.
1567 Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37 on this day in history.
1570 Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510) on January - 08.
1583 On January - 08 simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist
1587 On this day in history johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)
1589 Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) on this day in history.
1598 Genoa Italy expels Jews on January - 08.
1598 On this day in history jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
1598 On January - 08 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 this day in history.
1642 Astronomer Galileo Galilei dies in Arcetri, Italy at age 77 on this day in history.
1642 Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy on January - 08.
1651 Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1656 On January - 08 oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
1658 Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix) on January - 08.
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