Historical Events In August - 08

0070  Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans on this day in history.   

0117  On this day in history mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies   

0869  On this day in history lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

0870  Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans on August - 08.   

0936  On August - 08 german king Otto I the Great, crowned   

1220  On August - 08 sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.   

1322  Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect on August - 08.   

1445  On August - 08 oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1502  On this day in history jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor   

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on this day in history.   

1509  The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire on August - 08.   

1549  On August - 08 france declares war on England   

1567  On this day in history duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium   

1570  Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots on this day in history.   

1571  John Ward, composer on this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory   

1585  On this day in history pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen on August - 08.   

1588  On this day in history sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada   

1588  Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on August - 08.   

1605  The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope   

1616  On this day in history cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68   

1617  On August - 08 adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

1619  On August - 08 duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen   

1647  On August - 08 irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland.   

1647  The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill on this day in history.   

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar on August - 08.   

1673  Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC on this day in history.   

1685  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1693  On this day in history laurent Belissen, composer   

1694  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on August - 08.   

1700  Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1700  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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1079  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on August - 08.   

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on August - 08.   

1571  John Ward, composer was born on August - 08.   

1586  On August - 08 birth of adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

1605  On August - 08 birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)   

1617  On this day in history birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1653  On this day in history birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on August - 08.   

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on August - 08.   

1445  On August - 08 death of oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1506  On this day in history sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on this day in history.   

1555  On August - 08 death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)   

1588  On August - 08 death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on August - 08.