Historical Events In August - 04

0181  Supernova seen in Cassiopia on this day in history.   

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

1181  On this day in history supernova seen in Cassiopia   

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

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort English baron, dies in battle   

1265  Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort on August - 04.   

1265  On August - 04 simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1347  On August - 04 english troops conquer Ft Calais   

1351  On August - 04 sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen & English   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1476  Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1526  Juan Sebasti…n Cano Spanish explorer, dies on August - 04.   

1526  On this day in history juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies   

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

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

1578  On this day in history battle of Alcazarquivir, Morrocans defeat Portugeese   

1578  Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed on August - 04.   

1578  2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle on August - 04.   

1584  On this day in history john van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71   

1598  On August - 04 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  Johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil on this day in history.   

1639  On this day in history juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58   

1664  Louis Lully, composer on August - 04.   

1666  On August - 04 hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique & St Christopher; thousands die   

1666  Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle on this day in history.   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] on August - 04.   

1693  Dom Perignon invents champagne on August - 04.   

1695  French garrison of surrenders to Willem III on this day in history.   

1704  War of Spanish Succession, English & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar on August - 04.   

1705  Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer on August - 04.   

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1222  On this day in history birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)   

1290  On this day in history birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)   

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.   

1521  On this day in history birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04.   

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 August - 04.   

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

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on August - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1306  On August - 04 death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  On August - 04 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  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.