Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In July - 08
Saturday, 21 December 2024
0052 On July - 08 b.C Paris, France, is a city of conquests, historic sights, artists, scholars, haute couture, and gourmet cuisine. The future capital of France was first fortified on July 7, ., by a Gallic tribe called the Parisees 
0810 On July - 08 pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)
0939 On July - 08 the Major Occultation, or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi
0951 Paris is founded on this day in history.
0975 On July - 08 edgar, King of England (959-75), dies
1099 First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on on this day in history.
1115 On this day in history petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies
1153 Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies on this day in history.
1249 Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51 on this day in history.
1253 Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies on this day in history.
1283 War of the Sicilian Vespers: Battle of Malta on July - 08.
1496 Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.
1497 On this day in history vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India
1497 On this day in history vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
1528 Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland on this day in history.
1531 On July - 08 tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71
1538 On this day in history diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63
1545 On this day in history don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II
1551 Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren on this day in history.
1574 On July - 08 giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer
1579 On this day in history our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
1604 On this day in history heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)
1621 Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables) on this day in history.
1623 Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1637 Johann Georg Ebeling, composer on this day in history.
1638 Matteo Coferati, composer on July - 08.
1656 Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64 on July - 08.
1663 On July - 08 king Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island
1663 On this day in history king Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
1672 Willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general on this day in history.
1679 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies on July - 08.
1680 On this day in history the first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1681 On July - 08 georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60
1693 On this day in history nYC authorizes first police uniforms in American colonies
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