Historical Events In August - 08

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

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

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 August - 08.   

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

1220  On this day in history sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.   

1322  On August - 08 emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect   

1445  On this day in history oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1502  Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor on August - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1567  Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium on August - 08.   

1570  Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots on August - 08.   

1571  John Ward, composer on this day in history.   

1579  On August - 08 cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory   

1585  On August - 08 pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)   

1586  On this day in history adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

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

1588  Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on this day in history.   

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

1609  On August - 08 venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope   

1616  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 on this day in history.   

1617  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 August - 08.   

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

1673  Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC on August - 08.   

1685  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 on August - 08.   

1693  On this day in history laurent Belissen, composer   

1694  On August - 08 antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82   

1700  Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty on August - 08.   

1700  On August - 08 matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40   

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1079  On this day in history birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)   

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar was born on this day in history.   

0117  On August - 08 mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies   

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

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.   

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 August - 08.   

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

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

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