Historical Events In January - 08
Saturday, 30 August 2025
0482 On this day in history severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies
0624 On January - 08 moslem army occupies Kurashitische Caravan
0624 Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on January - 08.
0794 On January - 08 church at Lindisfarne, England destroyed by Vikings
0794 On January - 08 vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island
0871 Battle at Ashdown Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army on this day in history.
0871 Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army on this day in history.
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 On this day in history lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III
1198 Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on January - 08.
1214 On January - 08 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 this day in history.
1455 On January - 08 laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73
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 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 January - 08.
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 January - 08.
1583 Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist on this day in history.
1587 Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) on January - 08.
1589 Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) on January - 08.
1598 Genoa Italy expels Jews on this day in history.
1598 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy on this day in history.
1598 On January - 08 johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72
1628 Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier on January - 08.
1632 On January - 08 samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist
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 On this day in history giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56
1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands) on this day in history.
1658 On January - 08 nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix)
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