Historical Events In July - 08
Thursday, 17 October 2024
0052 On July - 08 b.C Paris, France, is a city of conquests, historic sights, artists, scholars, haute couture, and gourmet cuisine. The future capital of France was first fortified on July 7, ., by a Gallic tribe called the Parisees
0810 On July - 08 pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)
0939 The Major Occultation, or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi on this day in history.
0951 On July - 08 paris is founded
0975 On this day in history edgar, King of England (959-75), dies
1099 On July - 08 first Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
1115 On July - 08 petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies
1153 On this day in history eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies
1249 On July - 08 alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51
1253 On July - 08 thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies
1283 War of the Sicilian Vespers: Battle of Malta on this day in history.
1496 On July - 08 benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies
1497 Vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India on July - 08.
1497 On July - 08 vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
1528 On July - 08 emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland
1531 Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1538 On July - 08 diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63
1545 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II on July - 08.
1551 On this day in history willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren
1574 On this day in history giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer
1579 Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan on July - 08.
1604 On July - 08 heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)
1621 Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables) on this day in history.
1623 On this day in history gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69
1637 Johann Georg Ebeling, composer on this day in history.
1638 On July - 08 matteo Coferati, composer
1656 Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64 on July - 08.
1663 King Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island on this day in history.
1663 On this day in history king Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
1672 Willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general on July - 08.
1679 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies on this day in history.
1680 On this day in history the first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1681 Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1693 NYC authorizes first police uniforms in American colonies on this day in history.
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