Historical Events In August - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0002 On August - 20 venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem
0535 Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on this day in history.
0573 Gregory of Tours selected bishop of Tours on this day in history.
0636 Battle at Yarmuk: Moslems beat Byzantines [or August 15] on August - 20.
0917 On August - 20 the Bulgarian czar Symeon overruns Thrace in violation of a 913 agreement with Constantinople The Byzantines launch a counterattack but are routed August 20 at Anchialus Symeon gains control of the Balkans
0917 On August - 20 battle at Anchialus: Bulgaria army counter attacks Byzantines
0984 John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on August - 20.
1000 On this day in history the foundation of the Hungarian state, Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
1153 Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.
1191 Crusader King Richard I kills 3,000 muslim prisoners in Akko on this day in history.
1384 On August - 20 geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies
1391 Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order on this day in history.
1517 Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) on this day in history.
1526 Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) on August - 20.
1534 Turkish admiral Chaireddin"Barbarossa" occupies Tunis on this day in history.
1538 Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on August - 20.
1561 On August - 20 jacopo Peri, composer
1566 Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp Belgium on this day in history.
1583 Humphrey Gilbert c1537-1583 sails to Cape Race Newfoundland to fish for cod and explore mainland; sends two ships back to England on this day in history.
1585 On August - 20 english queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: aid to Netherland
1597 On August - 20 1st Dutch East India Company ships returned from Far East
1604 On August - 20 spanish garrison of Sluis surrenders to count Maurice
1619 1st Black slaves brought by Dutch to colony of Jamestown Virginia on this day in history.
1620 On this day in history hudson's Bay Company employee Henry Kelsey sees buffalo on the Prairies, southwest of The Pas; the first white man to describe them.
1625 On August - 20 thomas Corneille, French playwright
1632 On August - 20 valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38
1637 On August - 20 cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam
1639 On August - 20 martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41
1641 Britain & Scotland sign Treaty of Pacification on August - 20.
1648 Battle of Lens: French duke d'Enghien defeats Spaniards on this day in history.
1648 Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 on August - 20.
1665 On August - 20 bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)
1666 Alphonse d' Eve, composer on this day in history.
1672 On August - 20 former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are brutally murdered by an angry mob in The Hague.