Historical Events In August - 07
Friday, 14 February 2025
0317 Flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61) on August - 07.
0479 On August - 07 emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan
0626 Battle at Constantinople: Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated on this day in history.
0768 On August - 07 stephen III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0768 Stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0936 On this day in history otto I the Great becomes King of Germany
1033 On this day in history frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine
1106 On this day in history henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54
1409 On August - 07 council of Pisa closes
1461 On this day in history the Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
1479 Battle of Guinegate: Emperor Maximilian I vs King Louis XI on August - 07.
1485 Henry (VII) Tudors army lands in Milford Harbor, South-Wales on this day in history.
1485 On this day in history alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince
1498 Columbus arrives in Caribbean on this day in history.
1547 Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies on this day in history.
1573 Francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth on August - 07.
1575 Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died on this day in history.
1588 On August - 07 -8] English assault on Spanish Armada
1598 Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) on this day in history.
1606 On this day in history the first documented performance of Macbeth performed at the Great Hall at Hampton Court.
1609 Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1616 Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies on this day in history.
1620 Kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft on this day in history.
1657 Robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57 on this day in history.
1710 Earl van Godolphin resigns as English minister of Finance on this day in history.
1712 On August - 07 friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48
1714 On August - 07 the Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy.
1742 On this day in history nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General
1746 Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian on this day in history.
1750 On August - 07 slave uprising on Curacao
1751 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V on August - 07.
1760 Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians on August - 07.
1779 Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography on August - 07.
1782 On this day in history badge of US Military Merit (Purple Heart) established by George Washington