Historical Events In August - 08

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

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

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

0870  On August - 08 kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans   

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

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

1502  On August - 08 jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor   

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

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

1549  On August - 08 france declares war on England   

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

1570  On this day in history peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots   

1571  On August - 08 john Ward, composer   

1579  Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory on August - 08.   

1585  Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV) on this day in history.   

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

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

1588  On August - 08 alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

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

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

1616  On August - 08 cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68   

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

1619  Duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen on this day in history.   

1647  On this day in history irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland.   

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  On this day in history dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC   

1685  On August - 08 sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75   

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  On this day in history denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty   

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 August - 08.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history 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 August - 08.   

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on August - 08.   

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

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on this day in history.