Historical Events In August - 08

0070  Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans on August - 08.   

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on this day in history.   

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

0870  Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans on this day in history.   

0936  German king Otto I the Great, crowned on August - 08.   

1220  Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula on this day in history.   

1322  On this day in history emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect   

1445  Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on this day in history.   

1502  Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor on this day in history.   

1506  On August - 08 sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

1509  The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire on this day in history.   

1549  France declares war on England on this day in history.   

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 August - 08.   

1571  On August - 08 john Ward, composer   

1579  Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory on this day in history.   

1585  Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV) on August - 08.   

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

1588  Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada on August - 08.   

1588  On this day in history alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

1605  On August - 08 the city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.   

1609  Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope on this day in history.   

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

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) on August - 08.   

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

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

1647  On August - 08 the Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill   

1653  On August - 08 jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

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 August - 08.   

1693  On August - 08 laurent Belissen, composer   

1694  Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1700  On August - 08 denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty   

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 this day in history.   

1518  On this day in history birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)   

1571  John Ward, composer was born on this day in history.   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on this day in history.   

1605  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on August - 08.   

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) was born on August - 08.   

1646  On this day in history birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)   

1653  On August - 08 birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

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

0869  On August - 08 lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

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

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on August - 08.   

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

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

1604  On this day in history death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)