Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In July - 08
Friday, 28 November 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 On July - 08 pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)
0939 The Major Occultation, or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi on July - 08.
0951 On this day in history paris is founded
0975 Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies on this day in history.
1099 First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on on July - 08.
1115 On this day in history petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies
1153 On July - 08 eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies
1249 On July - 08 alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51
1253 On this day in history thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies
1283 On this day in history war of the Sicilian Vespers: Battle of Malta
1496 Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies on July - 08.
1497 On July - 08 vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India
1497 On July - 08 vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
1528 Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland on this day in history.
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 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II on July - 08.
1551 Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren on July - 08.
1574 On July - 08 giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer
1579 Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan on July - 08.
1604 On July - 08 heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)
1621 Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables) on this day in history.
1623 On this day in history gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69
1637 On July - 08 johann Georg Ebeling, composer
1638 On this day in history matteo Coferati, composer
1656 Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64 on this day in history.
1663 King Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island on July - 08.
1663 On July - 08 king Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
1672 On July - 08 willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general
1679 On this day in history samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies
1680 On this day in history the first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1681 Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1693 NYC authorizes first police uniforms in American colonies on July - 08.
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »