Historical Events In January - 08
Friday, 09 June 2023
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 this day in history.
0794 On January - 08 church at Lindisfarne, England destroyed by Vikings
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 Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army on January - 08.
1081 Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) on January - 08.
1100 On January - 08 antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)
1198 On this day in history lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III
1198 On this day in history coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies
1214 Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France on this day in history.
1297 On this day in history monaco gains its independence.
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 this day in history 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 January - 08.
1499 On January - 08 louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown
1558 On this day in history french troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais
1567 On January - 08 jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
1570 On January - 08 philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510)
1583 Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist on January - 08.
1587 On this day in history johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)
1589 On January - 08 ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)
1598 Genoa Italy expels Jews on this day in history.
1598 On this day in history jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
1598 Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1628 On January - 08 francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier
1632 Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist on January - 08.
1642 On January - 08 astronomer Galileo Galilei dies in Arcetri, Italy at age 77.
1642 On this day in history galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy
1651 Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1656 On this day in history oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
1658 On this day in history nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix)
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