Historical Events In August - 04

0181  Supernova seen in Cassiopia on this day in history.   

1060  On this day in history france's Henri I dies August 4 at age 52 and is succeeded by his son of 8, who will reign until 1108 as Philip I   

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1181  On August - 04 supernova seen in Cassiopia   

1204  On August - 04 boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  Simon de Montfort English baron, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1265  On this day in history battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1347  On August - 04 english troops conquer Ft Calais   

1351  Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen & English on this day in history.   

1430  On August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

1476  On August - 04 jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded   

1502  On August - 04 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1526  On August - 04 juan Sebasti…n Cano Spanish explorer, dies   

1526  Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies on August - 04.   

1558  1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah) on this day in history.   

1566  Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies on August - 04.   

1578  Battle of Alcazarquivir, Morrocans defeat Portugeese on this day in history.   

1578  Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed on this day in history.   

1578  2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1584  On August - 04 john van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71   

1598  On this day in history london's head office of Hanze closed   

1598  William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77 on August - 04.   

1633  On August - 04 george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60   

1636  On this day in history johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil   

1639  On August - 04 juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58   

1664  Louis Lully, composer on this day in history.   

1666  Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique & St Christopher; thousands die on August - 04.   

1666  On August - 04 johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle   

1687  On this day in history johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

1693  Dom Perignon invents champagne on this day in history.   

1695  On August - 04 french garrison of surrenders to Willem III   

1704  War of Spanish Succession, English & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar on this day in history.   

1705  Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer on this day in history.   

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on August - 04.   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.   

1502  On August - 04 birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

1604  On this day in history birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  On this day in history birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on August - 04.   

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on this day in history.   

1204  On this day in history death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.   

1306  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  On this day in history death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

1430  On this day in history philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

1476  On this day in history death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded