Historical Events In January - 08

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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1081  On this day in history birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

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

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on January - 08.   

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

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

1628  Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on January - 08.   

1632  On this day in history birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist   

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

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

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

1107  On January - 08 death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on January - 08.   

1324  On January - 08 marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

1336  On this day in history giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

1455  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on this day in history.