Historical Events
- Aug 5 Duke John VI of Bavaria visits Dutch mystic Lidwina (Christ's bride)
Florence Cathedral
Aug 7 Construction begins on the dome of Florence Cathedral, designed by Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 24 Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist (Bamberg & Eichstattt), born in Ansbach, Germany (d. 1475)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 9 Pierre d'ailly [Peter de Alliaco], French theologist and cardinal, dies
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