Historical Events In August - 08

0070  Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans on this day in history.   

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on August - 08.   

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 August - 08.   

0936  On this day in history german king Otto I the Great, crowned   

1220  Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula on this day in history.   

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

1445  On August - 08 oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1502  On this day in history jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor   

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on this day in history.   

1509  On August - 08 the Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.   

1549  On August - 08 france declares war on England   

1567  Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium on August - 08.   

1570  Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots on August - 08.   

1571  John Ward, composer on this day in history.   

1579  Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory on this day in history.   

1585  On August - 08 pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)   

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

1588  On this day in history sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada   

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

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

1609  On August - 08 venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope   

1616  On August - 08 cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68   

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

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  The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill on August - 08.   

1653  On August - 08 jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

1673  Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC on August - 08.   

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

1693  Laurent Belissen, composer on this day in history.   

1694  On this day in history antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82   

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

1700  On this day in history matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40   

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1079  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on August - 08.   

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on August - 08.   

1571  On this day in history birth of john Ward, composer   

1586  On August - 08 birth of adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

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  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on August - 08.   

1653  On August - 08 birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

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

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

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.   

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  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on August - 08.   

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

1604  On August - 08 death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)