Historical Events In September - 08

1565  Turkish siege of Malta broken by Maltese &Knights of St John on this day in history.   

1565  1st permanent settlement in US forms (St Augustine, Florida) on this day in history.   

1588  Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher (Cartesian) on this day in history.   

1591  On September - 08 jacqueline M A de Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess   

1613  Don Carlo Gesauldo, composer, dies on September - 08.   

1621  On this day in history louis II Condé, [Great Condé], duke of Bourbon (Rocroy)   

1628  Bay of Matanzas Cuba: Piet Heyn captures Spanish silver fleet on September - 08.   

1633  Carlo Caraffa, Ital jesuit/religious order founder, dies at about 72 on this day in history.   

1636  Harvard College is established on September - 08.   

1637  On September - 08 robert Fludd, composer, dies at 63   

1644  Francis Quarles, English poet (Enchiridion), dies on September - 08.   

1645  On September - 08 francisco Gomez Quevedo y Villegas, Spanish author/poet, dies at 64   

1654  Peter Claver, Spanish saint (baptized 300,000 slaves), dies on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history daniel von Czepko, German poet, dies at 54   

1664  Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers on September - 08.   

1664  On September - 08 the British receive New Amsterdam from the Dutch, and later rename it to New York.   

1672  Nicolas de Grigny, composer on September - 08.   

1675  Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1689  On this day in history china & Russia signs Treaty of Nertsjinsk (Nierchul)   

1706  On September - 08 romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53   

1713  On September - 08 pope Clemens XI publishes degree "Unigenitus" against Jansenism"   

1718  Francois-Thomas the Baculard d'Arnaud, sentimental writer on September - 08.   

1727  A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children on this day in history.   

1736  On September - 08 bernardo Ottani, composer   

1753  On September - 08 the birth of John Soane, English architect   

1755  On September - 08 battle at Lake George: English army beats France   

1756  On September - 08 french and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.   

1756  Anton Teyber, composer on this day in history.   

1760  French army gives Montreal to Gen Jeffrey Amherst on this day in history.   

1761  Marriage of George III of the United Kingdom to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen Charlotte) on this day in history.   

1767  On this day in history karl August von Lichtenstein, composer   

1771  Mission San Gabriel Archangel forms in California on September - 08.   

1771  On September - 08 the birth of Mungo Park, Scottish born explorer of Africa   

1774  Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet on September - 08.   

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0801  On this day in history birth of ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865)   

0828  On September - 08 birth of ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)   

1157  On September - 08 birth of richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99)   

1207  On this day in history birth of sancho II, king of Portugal   

1271  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on September - 08.   

1380  Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint was born on this day in history.   

1474  Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso) was born on September - 08.   

1515  On this day in history birth of alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)   

0394  On September - 08 death of arbogast, French general, commits suicide   

0701  Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies on September - 08.   

0780  On this day in history leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies   

0876  On September - 08 lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72   

1100  On September - 08 clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies   

1397  On September - 08 death of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.   

1425  Death of King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361) on this day in history.   

1539  On this day in history death of john Stokesley, English churchman