|
|
|
01/08/0482
|
Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/0482
|
Severinus, saint, dies
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/0624
|
Moslem army occupies Kurashitische Caravan
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/0624
|
Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/0794
|
Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/0871
|
Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1081
|
Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1198
|
Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1198
|
Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/1214
|
Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1324
|
Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/1336
|
Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/1455
|
Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/1499
|
Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1558
|
French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1567
|
Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/1583
|
Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1587
|
Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1589
|
Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1598
|
Genoa Italy expels Jews
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1598
|
Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1598
|
Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/1628
|
Fran‡ois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1632
|
Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1642
|
Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/1651
|
Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/1656
|
Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1658
|
Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1668
|
Jean Gilles, composer
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1675
|
1st American commercial corporation chartered (NY Fishing Co)
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1696
|
Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/1705
|
Georg F H„ndels 1st opera "Almira," premieres in Hamburg
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1711
|
Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/1713
|
Arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/1716
|
Dutch gang leader "Sjako" arrested
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1745
|
England, Austria, Neth and Saxon sign anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1746
|
Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling [NS=Jan 19]
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1760
|
Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1767
|
Abraham de Veer, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1822-28)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1775
|
John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/1777
|
Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1779
|
John White, composer
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1786
|
Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd bank of US 1st effective central bank
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1787
|
Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1788
|
Erik Drake, composer
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1790
|
George Washington delivers 1st state of union address (or Jan 4)
Type: Event
|
|
01/08/1790
|
John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81
Type: Death
|
|
01/08/1791
|
Jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1792
|
Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo)
Type: Birth
|
|
01/08/1796
|
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46
Type: Death
|
