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Today in History on This Day Friday 8th August 2014 Historical Events Events 1 - 15 70 - Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans 870 - Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans 936 - German king Otto I the Great crowned 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. 1322 - Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect 1509 - The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire. 1549 - France declares war on England 1567 - Duke of Alvas army enters Brussels, Belgium 1570 - Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots 1579 - Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahes Uraniborg observatory 1585 - Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendri of Navarra (Henri IV) 1585 - John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage. 1605 - The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden. 1609 - Venetian senate examines Galileo Galileis telescope 1619 - Duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen Famous Birthdays Born Today Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureat Paul DiracTheoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureat Paul Dirac (1902) Birthdays 1 - 15 1079 - Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) 1518 - Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) 1571 - John Ward, composer 1586 - Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen 1605 - Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) 1617 - Adriaan W Joris van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) 1646 - Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) 1653 - Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar 1673 - John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726) 1693 - Laurent Belissen, composer 1694 - Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. 1746) 1705 - Gustaaf Imhoff, gov of Ceylon (1736-40)/gov of Neth-Indies (1743-50) 1720 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (d. 1796) 1732 - Johann C Adelung, German linguist/librarian 1746 - Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church songs) Famous Weddings Weddings 1 - 10 1502 - Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor 1778 - Naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (34) weds Marie Anne Rosalie Delaporte 1810 - Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib marries Maaroof, daughter of Nawab Ilahi Baksh, and moves to Delhi. 1867 - Engineer George Westinghouse (20) weds Marguerite Erskine Walker in Brooklyn, New York 1925 - Chinas Premier Zhou Enlai (27) weds Deng Yingchao (21) in Guangzhou 1942 - Journalist Ben Bradlee (20) weds Jean Saltonstall 1992 - Actress Barbara Hershey weds artist Stephen Douglas 1993 - California state senator Tom Hayden (54) weds actress Barbara Williams (40) 1995 - Veronicas Closet actress Kathy Najimy (38) weds actor Dan Finnerty (25) 2009 - International opera group Il Divo singer David Miller weds singer and theater actress Sarah Joy Kabanuck in New York City Famous Divorces Divorces 1 - 2 1946 - Esta Krakower divorces mobster Bugsy Siegel (40) after 17 years of marriage 1968 - Actor Jack Nicholson (31) divorces Sandra Knight (28) after 6 years of marriage Famous Deaths Passed Away Today Writer Shirley JacksonWriter Shirley Jackson (1965) Deaths 1 - 15 of 115 869 - Lothair II of Lotharingia (855-869) dies at about 34 1445 - Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer 1506 - Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 1553 - Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) 1555 - Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) 1588 - Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter 1604 - Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) 1616 - Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 1631 - Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579) 1684 - George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622) 1685 - Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 1694 - Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 1700 - Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 1705 - Willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded 1747 - Madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. 1678)

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