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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 08 sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.   

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

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

1502  Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor on August - 08.   

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on this day in history.   

1509  The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire on August - 08.   

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

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

1570  On August - 08 peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots   

1571  John Ward, composer on August - 08.   

1579  On August - 08 cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory   

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

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

1588  Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada on August - 08.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) on August - 08.   

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  On this day in history the Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill   

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar on August - 08.   

1673  On this day in history dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC   

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

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

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1079  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 August - 08.   

1646  On August - 08 birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)   

1653  On August - 08 birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on August - 08.   

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on this day in history.   

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

1506  On this day in history sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

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

1604  On this day in history death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)