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61August 3 — Events* 8 Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. * 435 Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, was exiled by Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in… …
62August 14 — Events*1183 Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty fifth Day of the Seventh Month of… …
63August 19 — Events* 43 BC Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. * 1504 Battle of Knockdoe. * 1561 An 18 year old Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland, after spending 13 years in France. * 1692 Salem witch trials …
64August 25 — Events*1248 The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht. *1537 The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is… …
65August 31 — Events*1056 Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill, dying suddenly a few days later, without children to succeed the throne, ending the Macedonian dynasty. *1142 With the aid of Hiawatha and Deganawidah, The Great Peacemaker, the Iroquois tribes… …
66August 10 — The term the 10th of August is widely used by historians as a shorthand for the Storming of the Tuileries Palace on the 10th of August, 1792, the effective end of the French monarchy until it was restored in 1814.Events*612 BC Killing of… …
67August 26 — Events*1071 Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. *1278 Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia.… …
68August 20 — Events*636 Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al Walid take control of Syria and Palestine away from the Byzantine Empire, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia. *917 Battle… …
69August — Au|gust [ ɔgəst ] noun count or uncount *** the eighth month of the year, between July and September: We ll be on vacation in August. It s my birthday on August 6. They were married last August …
70august — [[t]ɔːgʌ̱st[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Someone or something that is august is dignified and impressive. [FORMAL] Being so near the august person of the Empress, he was overcome with awe... The magazine held its party in the august surroundings of …
