Historical Events In June - 08
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0065 Jews revolt against Rome, capturing fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem on June - 08.
0068 Rome Senate accepts emperor Galba on this day in history.
0218 Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 on June - 08.
0452 Italy invaded by Attila the Hun on this day in history.
0536 St Silverius begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0570 On June - 08 relgion of Islam (submission) founded in Mecca
0632 On June - 08 mohammed, founder of Islam, dies
0632 On this day in history mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition)
0793 On June - 08 vikings plunder St Cuthbert convent Lindisfarne
0979 On June - 08 louis V de Luie, crowned King of France
1042 Hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth on this day in history.
1115 On June - 08 peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64
1191 On June - 08 richard I arrives in Acre thus beginning his crusade.
1318 On June - 08 eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II
1376 "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46 on June - 08.
1405 On this day in history richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders.
1476 On this day in history george Neville, English archbishop and statesman
1551 Pope Julius III excommunicates Duke Ottario Farnese of Parma on June - 08.
1612 On this day in history hans Leo Hassler, composer, dies at 49
1624 On June - 08 earthquake strikes Peru
1625 On June - 08 the birth of Giovanni Cassini, Italian astronomer
1625 On June - 08 giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn)
1632 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sittard on June - 08.
1652 On June - 08 william Dampier, English explorer/pirate
1661 On this day in history john Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 39
1663 Battle at Amegical: English & Portugese fleet beats Spanish on June - 08.
1671 Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor) on June - 08.
1688 Hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried on this day in history.
1690 Siddi general Yadi Sakat, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai on this day in history.
1694 On this day in history english troop landing at Brest attack (300 killed)
1695 Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66 on June - 08.
1711 On June - 08 katharina Lescaille, [Netherlands Sappho], poetess, dies at 61
1722 On June - 08 jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer
1724 On June - 08 john Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer
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