Events on 8 August 46
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Treaty of Meerssen: King Louis the German and his half-brother Charles the Bald partition the Middle Frankish Kingdom into two larger east and west divisions.
Year 1503
King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Year 1576
The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.
Year 1588
Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
Year 1647
The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungan's Hill: English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 1
Birthdays on 8 August 234
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Casper (Maya ruler)
b. 422
Casper, ruler of the Maya city of Palenque
Emperor Horikawa
b. 1079 – d. 1107
Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)
Saint Dominic
b. 1170 – d. 1221
Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (d. 1221)
Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria
b. 1306 – d. 1353
Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1353)
Matteo Tafuri
b. 1492 – d. 1582
Matteo Tafuri, Italian alchemist (d. 1582)
Conrad Lycosthenes
b. 1518 – d. 1561
Conrad Lycosthenes, French-German scholar and author (d. 1561)
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland
b. 1558 – d. 1605
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, English noble (d. 1605)
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
b. 1605 – d. 1675
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1675)
Amalia Catharina
b. 1640 – d. 1697
Amalia Catharina, German poet and composer (d. 1697)
Godfrey Kneller
b. 1646 – d. 1723
Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (d. 1723)
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John Ker
b. 1673 – d. 1726
John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726)
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Laurent Belissen
b. 1693 – d. 1762
Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762)
Deaths on 8 August 91
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Trajan
d. 117
Trajan, Roman emperor (d. 117)
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Hildegar (bishop of Cologne)
d. 753
Hildegar, bishop of Cologne
Lothair II
d. 869 (b. 835)
Lothair II, Frankish king (b. 835)
Almanzor
d. 1002
Almanzor, chief minister of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba, Spain
Henry of Blois
d. 1171 (b. 1111)
Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester (b. 1111)
Henry of Castile the Senator
d. 1303 (b. 1230)
Henry of Castile the Senator (b. 1230)
Lucas van Leyden
d. 1533 (b. 1494)
Lucas van Leyden, Dutch artist (b. 1494)
Oronce Finé
d. 1555 (b. 1494)
Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (b. 1494)
Alonso Sánchez Coello
d. 1588 (b. 1532)
Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter (b. 1532)
Horio Tadauji
d. 1604 (b. 1578)
Horio Tadauji, Japanese daimyo (b. 1578)
Cornelis Ketel
d. 1616 (b. 1548)
Cornelis Ketel, Dutch painter (b. 1548)
Konstantinas Sirvydas
d. 1631 (b. 1579)
Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian priest, lexicographer, and academic (b. 1579)