Historical Events In August - 08

0070  On this day in history tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans   

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on this day in history.   

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on August - 08.   

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

0936  German king Otto I the Great, crowned on this day in history.   

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

1322  On this day in history emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect   

1445  On August - 08 oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1502  Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor on this day in history.   

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

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

1549  On August - 08 france declares war on England   

1567  On August - 08 duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium   

1570  Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots on August - 08.   

1571  On August - 08 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history the city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.   

1609  On this day in history venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope   

1616  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 on August - 08.   

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen   

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

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

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

1673  On August - 08 dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC   

1685  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1693  On this day in history laurent Belissen, composer   

1694  On this day in history antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82   

1700  Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1700  On this day in history matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40   

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1079  On August - 08 birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)   

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on this day in history.   

1571  On August - 08 birth of john Ward, composer   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on this day in history.   

1605  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on August - 08.   

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

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

0117  On August - 08 mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies   

0869  On this day in history lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

1445  On this day in history death of oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on August - 08.   

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on this day in history.   

1555  On August - 08 death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)   

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on this day in history.   

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