Historical Events In August - 04

0181  Supernova seen in Cassiopia on this day in history.   

1060  France's Henri I dies August 4 at age 52 and is succeeded by his son of 8, who will reign until 1108 as Philip I on this day in history.   

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1181  Supernova seen in Cassiopia on August - 04.   

1204  On August - 04 boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort English baron, dies in battle   

1265  On August - 04 battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort   

1265  On August - 04 simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1347  English troops conquer Ft Calais on August - 04.   

1351  Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen & English on August - 04.   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1476  On August - 04 jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded   

1502  On August - 04 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1526  On this day in history juan Sebasti…n Cano Spanish explorer, dies   

1526  Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies on this day in history.   

1558  On this day in history 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah)   

1566  On August - 04 girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies   

1578  Battle of Alcazarquivir, Morrocans defeat Portugeese on August - 04.   

1578  On this day in history battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed   

1578  On August - 04 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle   

1584  On August - 04 john van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71   

1598  On August - 04 london's head office of Hanze closed   

1598  On August - 04 william Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77   

1633  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60 on August - 04.   

1636  Johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil on August - 04.   

1639  On August - 04 juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58   

1664  On this day in history louis Lully, composer   

1666  Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique & St Christopher; thousands die on this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] on August - 04.   

1693  On August - 04 dom Perignon invents champagne   

1695  On August - 04 french garrison of surrenders to Willem III   

1704  On this day in history war of Spanish Succession, English & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar   

1705  Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer on August - 04.   

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1222  On August - 04 birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.   

1502  On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on this day in history.   

1687  On this day in history birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.   

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on August - 04.   

1113  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  On August - 04 death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.   

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on this day in history.   

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on this day in history.   

1430  On August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.