This day in History - August 4

338 Historic Events for August 4
1060 Death Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52
1181 Event Supernova seen in Cassiopia
1204 Death Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered
1265 Event Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort
1265 Death Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle
1306 Death V clav III, last Premysliden-king of Bohemia (1305-06), murdered
1347 Event English troops conquer Ft Calais
1351 Event Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen and English
1430 Death Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26
1476 Death Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded
1502 Birth Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer
1526 Death Juan Sebasti…n Cano, Spanish explorer, dies
1558 Event 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah)
1566 Death Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies
1578 Death 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle
1578 Death Sebastiaan, king of Portugal (1557-78), dies in battle at about 24
1578 Event Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed
1584 Death John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71
1598 Event London's head office of Hanze closed
1598 Death William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77
1633 Death George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60
1636 Event Johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil
1639 Death Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58
1664 Birth Louis Lully, composer
1666 Event Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique and St Christopher; thousands die