Events & Holidays In August - 02

Emancipation Day (St. Kitts & Nevis)

Ilindan (Orthodox) (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Illinden (National Holiday) (Macedonia)

Saint Ilija (Serbia)

St. Elias Day (Macedonia)

Virgin of the Angels Day (Costa Rica)

1455  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.   

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on this day in history.   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  On this day in history severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on this day in history.   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1075  On this day in history john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

1100  On this day in history death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on this day in history.