Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In July - 08
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
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 The Major Occultation, or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi on this day in history.
0951 Paris is founded on July - 08.
0975 On July - 08 edgar, King of England (959-75), dies
1099 On July - 08 first Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
1115 On July - 08 petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies
1153 Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies on July - 08.
1249 On July - 08 alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51
1253 On this day in history 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 July - 08.
1497 On July - 08 vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India
1497 Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India on this day in history.
1528 Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland on this day in history.
1531 Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71 on July - 08.
1538 Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63 on this day in history.
1545 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II on this day in history.
1551 Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren on July - 08.
1574 Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer on July - 08.
1579 Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan on this day in history.
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 Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69 on July - 08.
1637 On this day in history johann Georg Ebeling, composer
1638 On July - 08 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 July - 08.
1663 King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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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