Historical Events In August - 08

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

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  On this day in history kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans   

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

1220  On this day in history 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  On this day in history oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

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

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

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 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 August - 08 john Ward, composer   

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

1585  On August - 08 pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)   

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

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

1588  On this day in history alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

1605  The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden on this day in history.   

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

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

1647  On August - 08 irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland.   

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

1653  On August - 08 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 August - 08.   

1693  Laurent Belissen, composer on August - 08.   

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

1700  Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty on August - 08.   

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

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

1518  On August - 08 birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)   

1571  On this day in history 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  On August - 08 birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)   

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

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

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

1445  On August - 08 death of oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

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

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on August - 08.   

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

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on August - 08.   

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on August - 08.