My Muslim Calendar Project

August 3 Events AD 70  – Fires resulting from the destruction of the  Second Temple  in Jerusalem are extinguished. 435  – Deposed  Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople   Nestorius , considered the originator of  Nestorianism , is exiled by  Roman Emperor   Theodosius II  to a  monastery  in  Egypt . 1342  – The  Siege of Algeciras  commences during the Spanish  Reconquista . 1903  –  Macedonian rebels  in  Kruševo  proclaim the  Kruševo Republic , which exists for only ten days before  Ottoman Turks  lay waste to the town. 1940  –  World War II :  Italian  forces begin the  invasion of British Somaliland . 1960  –  Niger  gains independence from France. 1975  – A privately chartered  Boeing 707   strikes a mountain peak and crashes  near  Agadir ,  Morocco , killing 188. 1981  –  Se...

August 2 Events 216 BC  – The  Carthaginian  army led by  Hannibal  defeats a numerically superior  Roman  army at the  Battle of Cannae . 1274  –  Edward I of England  returns from the  Ninth Crusade  and is crowned King seventeen days later. 1377  – Russian troops are defeated by forces of the  Blue Horde   Khan  Arapsha in the  Battle on Pyana River . 1858  – The  Government of India Act 1858  replaces Company rule in India with that of the British Raj. 1897  –  Anglo-Afghan War : The  Siege of Malakand  ends when a relief column is able to reach the  British  garrison in the  Malakand states . 1903  – The  Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising  against the  Ottoman Empire  begins. 1989  –  Pakistan  is re-admitted to the  Commonwealth of Nations  after having restored democracy for the first time since ...

August 1 Events 30 BC  –  Octavian  (later known as Augustus) enters  Alexandria ,  Egypt , bringing it under the control of the  Roman Republic . 527  –  Justinian I  becomes the sole ruler of the  Byzantine Empire . 902  –  Taormina , the last Byzantine stronghold in  Sicily , is  captured  by the  Aghlabid  army, concluding the  Muslim conquest of Sicily . [1] 1203  –  Isaac II Angelos , restored  Byzantine Emperor , declares his son  Alexios IV Angelos  co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the  Fourth Crusade . 1571  – The  Ottoman conquest of Cyprus  is concluded, by the surrender of  Famagusta . 1664  –  Ottoman forces  are defeated in the  battle of Saint Gotthard  by an  Austrian  army led by  Raimondo Montecuccoli , resulting in the  Peace of Vasvár . 1798  –  French Revolutiona...