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On this Day - August 12
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What happened on August 12? Choose another date ». 1503 - Christian III of Denmark and Norway (d. 1559). 1566 - Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (d. 1633). 1604 - Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651). 1629 - Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676). 1643 - King Afonso VI of Portugal (d. 1683). 1644 - Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Bohemian composer (d. 1704). 1647 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719). 1686 - John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748). 1892 - Alfred Lunt, American actor (d. ...
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On this Day - August 12
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What happened on August 12? Choose another date ». 30 BC - Cleopatra (b. 69 BC). 875 - Louis II Holy Roman Emperor (b. 825). 1424 - Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1460). 1484 - George of Trebizond, Greek philosopher (b. 1395). 1484 - Pope Sixtus IV (b. 1414). 1512 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (b. 1463). 1577 - Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513). 1588 - Alfonso Ferrabosco (I), Italian composer (b. 1543). 1612 - Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer. 1864 - Sakuma Sh? 1928 - Le...
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On this Day - August 10
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What happened on August 10? Choose another date ». 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire. Destruction of Nineveh. 610 - In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammed began to receive the Qur'an. 955 - Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West. 1316 - Second Battle of Athenry. 1519 - Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. 1913 - Second Balkan War ends:...
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On this Day - August 4
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What happened on August 4? Choose another date ». 1265 - The Battle of Evesham of the Second Barons' War is fought in Worcestershire, with the army of future King Edward I of England defeating the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester and killing de Montfort and many of his allies. This is sometimes considered the death of chivalry in England. 1693 - Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of Champagne. 1821 - Atkinson and Alexander publish the Saturd...
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On this Day - August 12
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What happened on August 12? Choose another date ». 490 BC - the Battle of Marathon, in which Athens defeated an invasion army of Persians, may have been fought on this date in the proleptic Julian calendar - but see 12 September. 1099 - The First Crusade concluded with a decisive victory in the Battle of Ascalon over Fatimid forces under Al-Afdal Shahanshah. 1121 - The Georgian army under King David the Builder won a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi at the Battle of Didgori.
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On this Day - August 9
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What happened on August 9? Choose another date ». 48 BC - Roman Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. 378 - Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey. Valens is killed along with 2/3 of his army. 681 - Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube, after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.
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On this Day - August 5
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What happened on August 5? Choose another date ». 642 - Battle of Maserfeld - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. 1100 - Henry I crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. 1305 - William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution. 1583 - Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony in North America, at what is now St John's, Newfoundland. 1772 - First Partition of Poland begins.
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On this Day - August 3
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What happened on August 3? Choose another date ». 8 - Roman general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. 435 - Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of the Christological "heresy" (at the time) known as Nestorianism, was exiled by Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt. 881 - Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu, where Louis III of France defeated the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied. 1914 - First World War: Germany declares war...
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On this Day - August 12
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On this Day - August 16
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What happened on August 16? Choose another date ». 1777 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bennington - British forces are defeated by American troops. 1780 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden - The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina. 1812 - War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army. 1869 - Battle of Acosta ÿu, a massacre of a Paraguay batallion made up of children by the Brazilian Army during the War of th...
