Historical Events In August - 08

0070  Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans on August - 08.   

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

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

0870  Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans on August - 08.   

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

1220  Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula on August - 08.   

1322  Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect on August - 08.   

1445  Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on this day in history.   

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

1549  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1571  John Ward, composer on this day in history.   

1579  Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory on August - 08.   

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

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen on this day in history.   

1588  Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada on August - 08.   

1588  Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on August - 08.   

1605  The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history 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  Duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen on this day in history.   

1647  Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland on this day in history.   

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 August - 08.   

1673  Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC on this day in history.   

1685  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 on August - 08.   

1693  On August - 08 laurent Belissen, composer   

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  On August - 08 matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40   

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

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

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

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on this day in history.   

1605  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on August - 08.   

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) was born on August - 08.   

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 08.   

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on this day in history.   

1506  On August - 08 sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on August - 08.   

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