Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In July - 08
Saturday, 12 July 2025
0052 B.C Paris, France, is a city of conquests, historic sights, artists, scholars, haute couture, and gourmet cuisine. The future capital of France was first fortified on July 7, ., by a Gallic tribe called the Parisees on this day in history. 
0810 Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown) on July - 08.
0939 On July - 08 the Major Occultation, or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi
0951 Paris is founded on July - 08.
0975 Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies on this day in history.
1099 On July - 08 first Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
1115 On this day in history petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies
1153 On this day in history eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies
1249 Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51 on this day in history.
1253 Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies on July - 08.
1283 War of the Sicilian Vespers: Battle of Malta on July - 08.
1496 On this day in history benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies
1497 Vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India on July - 08.
1497 On July - 08 vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
1528 On this day in history emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland
1531 Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71 on July - 08.
1538 On July - 08 diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63
1545 On this day in history don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II
1551 Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren on July - 08.
1574 Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer on July - 08.
1579 Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan on this day in history.
1604 Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien) on July - 08.
1621 Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables) on July - 08.
1623 Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69 on July - 08.
1637 On July - 08 johann Georg Ebeling, composer
1638 Matteo Coferati, composer on July - 08.
1656 On July - 08 alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64
1663 On this day in history king Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island
1663 On July - 08 king Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
1672 On this day in history willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general
1679 On this day in history samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies
1680 On July - 08 the first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1681 On July - 08 georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60
1693 On this day in history nYC authorizes first police uniforms in American colonies
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