On This Day in History for August 7
Events in History
- 322 BC Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great
- 626 Battle at Constantinople: Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated
- 768 Stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 936 Otto I the Great crowned King of Germany (East Francia)
- 1409 Council of Pisa closes
- 1420 Construction begins on the dome of Florence Cathedral, designed by Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi
- 1428 Valais witch trial proceedings begin in Valais Canton, Switzerland, first organized witch trials
- 1461 Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor
- More Events in History
Constantius II
Elizabeth Báthory
Nathanael Greene
François Darlan
Louis Leakey
Ralph BuncheWeddings in History
- 1869 Inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin (31) weds Isabella Freiin von Wolff from the house of Alt-Schwanenburg
- 2010 "Dancing in the Dark" host Rossi Morreale (33) weds one half of identical twin country duo "Kate and Kacey" Kacey Coppola at the Grande Antigua Resort and Spa in Antigua
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Henry IV
Rabindranath TagoreAugust in History
The Strange, Mysterious Story of the Balloon Expedition to the North Pole
The discovery of Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée's tragic, long-lost polar expedition in 1930 led to more questions than answers.
August 5, 1930
A Pill to Cure All Ills
Not well? Take a Beecham’s Pill was often the advice. So popular was it that nobody doubted it’s extravagant claim in the world’s first advertising slogan.
August 6, 1859
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Mushroom cloud over Hiroshima
August 6, 1945
Why Mata Hari Was Not the Spy You Thought She Was
The controversial life and death of Mata Hari, the glamorous WWI double agent, executed in 1917, has recently been reassessed in the light of new evidence.
August 7, 1876