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