Historical Events In August - 08

0070  Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans on this day in history.   

0117  On this day in history mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies   

0869  On August - 08 lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

0870  Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans on August - 08.   

0936  On this day in history german king Otto I the Great, crowned   

1220  Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula on this day in history.   

1322  Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect on August - 08.   

1445  Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor   

1506  On August - 08 sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

1509  On this day in history the Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.   

1549  France declares war on England on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium   

1570  On this day in history peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots   

1571  On this day in history john Ward, composer   

1579  Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory on this day in history.   

1585  Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV) on this day in history.   

1586  On August - 08 adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

1588  On this day in history sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada   

1588  On August - 08 alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

1605  The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden on August - 08.   

1609  Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope on August - 08.   

1616  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 on this day in history.   

1617  On August - 08 adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

1619  Duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen on this day in history.   

1647  Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland on this day in history.   

1647  The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill on August - 08.   

1653  On this day in history jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

1673  Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC on August - 08.   

1685  On August - 08 sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75   

1693  On this day in history laurent Belissen, composer   

1694  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1700  On August - 08 denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty   

1700  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 on August - 08.   

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1079  On this day in history birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)   

1518  On this day in history birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)   

1571  John Ward, composer was born on August - 08.   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on August - 08.   

1605  On August - 08 birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)   

1617  On this day in history birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on August - 08.   

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar was born on this day in history.   

0117  On this day in history mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies   

0869  On August - 08 lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.   

1506  On August - 08 sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

1553  On August - 08 death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)   

1555  On this day in history death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)   

1588  On August - 08 death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

1604  On August - 08 death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)