398 Historic Events for August 20
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Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem(?)
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| 573 |
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Gregory of Tours selected bishop of Tours
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| 636 |
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Battle at Yarmuk: Moslems beat Byzantines [or August 15]
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| 917 |
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Battle at Anchialus: Bulgaria army counter attacks Byzantines
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| 984 |
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John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies
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| 1153 |
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Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies
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| 1191 |
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Crusader King Richard I kills 3,000 muslim prisoners in Akko
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| 1384 |
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Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies
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| 1517 |
Birth |
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)
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| 1526 |
Birth |
Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)
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| 1534 |
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Turkish admiral Chaireddin"Barbarossa" occupies Tunis
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| 1538 |
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Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake
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| 1561 |
Birth |
Jacopo Peri, composer
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| 1566 |
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Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp Belgium
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| 1585 |
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English queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: aid to Netherland
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| 1597 |
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1st Dutch East India Company ships returned from Far East
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| 1604 |
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Spanish garrison of Sluis surrenders to count Maurice
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| 1619 |
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1st Black slaves brought by Dutch to colony of Jamestown Virginia
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| 1625 |
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Thomas Corneille, French playwright
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| 1632 |
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Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38
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| 1637 |
Birth |
Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam
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| 1639 |
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Martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41
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| 1641 |
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Britain and Scotland sign Treaty of Pacification
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| 1648 |
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Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65
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| 1648 |
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Battle of Lens: French duke d'Enghien defeats Spaniards
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