Historical Events In August - 08

0070  On this day in history tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans   

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on this day in history.   

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on this day in history.   

0870  Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans on this day in history.   

0936  On August - 08 german king Otto I the Great, crowned   

1220  On this day in history sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.   

1322  On this day in history emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect   

1445  On this day in history oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1502  Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor on August - 08.   

1506  On this day in history sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

1509  The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire on this day in history.   

1549  France declares war on England on this day in history.   

1567  Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium on this day in history.   

1570  Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots on this day in history.   

1571  On August - 08 john Ward, composer   

1579  On August - 08 cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory   

1585  On this day in history pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)   

1586  On this day in history adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

1588  On August - 08 sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada   

1588  On August - 08 alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

1605  The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden on August - 08.   

1609  Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope on August - 08.   

1616  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 on August - 08.   

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen   

1647  On August - 08 irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland.   

1647  On this day in history the Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill   

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar on this day in history.   

1673  On this day in history dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC   

1685  On August - 08 sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75   

1693  Laurent Belissen, composer on August - 08.   

1694  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1700  Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty on August - 08.   

1700  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 on August - 08.   

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1079  On this day in history birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)   

1518  On this day in history birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)   

1571  John Ward, composer was born on this day in history.   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on August - 08.   

1605  On August - 08 birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)   

1617  On August - 08 birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

1646  On this day in history birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)   

1653  On this day in history birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

0117  On August - 08 mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies   

0869  On August - 08 lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

1445  On this day in history death of oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1506  On this day in history sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

1553  On August - 08 death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)   

1555  On this day in history death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)   

1588  On this day in history death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on August - 08.