Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In July - 08
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
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 this day in history. 
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 July - 08.
0975 Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies on this day in history.
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 Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies on July - 08.
1153 Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies on July - 08.
1249 Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51 on July - 08.
1253 Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies on this day in history.
1283 On this day in history war of the Sicilian Vespers: Battle of Malta
1496 Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies on July - 08.
1497 On this day in history vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India
1497 On July - 08 vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
1528 On this day in history emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland
1531 Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1538 On July - 08 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 July - 08.
1574 On July - 08 giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer
1579 Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan on July - 08.
1604 On this day in history heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)
1621 On July - 08 jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables)
1623 Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1637 On this day in history johann Georg Ebeling, composer
1638 On this day in history matteo Coferati, composer
1656 Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64 on July - 08.
1663 King Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island on this day in history.
1663 On this day in history king Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
1672 On this day in history willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general
1679 On this day in history samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies
1680 The first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts on July - 08.
1681 Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60 on July - 08.
1693 NYC authorizes first police uniforms in American colonies on July - 08.
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