Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In July - 08
Friday, 21 February 2025
0052 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 on July - 08. 
0810 Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.
0939 On July - 08 the Major Occultation, or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi
0951 On July - 08 paris is founded
0975 Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies on July - 08.
1099 First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on on July - 08.
1115 Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies on this day in history.
1153 On July - 08 eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies
1249 Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51 on July - 08.
1253 On July - 08 thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies
1283 On this day in history war of the Sicilian Vespers: Battle of Malta
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 Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India on July - 08.
1528 On this day in history emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland
1531 On this day in history tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71
1538 Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63 on this day in history.
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 July - 08.
1574 On this day in history giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer
1579 On July - 08 our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
1604 Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien) on July - 08.
1621 On this day in history jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables)
1623 On July - 08 gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69
1637 Johann Georg Ebeling, composer on July - 08.
1638 On July - 08 matteo Coferati, composer
1656 Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64 on this day in history.
1663 King Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island on this day in history.
1663 King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island on this day in history.
1672 Willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general on July - 08.
1679 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies on this day in history.
1680 On this day in history the first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1681 Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60 on July - 08.
1693 On this day in history nYC authorizes first police uniforms in American colonies
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