What is August 4?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1940 === *[[70]] &ndash; Destruction of the Second [[Temple]] of [[Jerusalem]] by the Romans. *[[1265]] &ndash; [[Second Barons' War]]: [[Battle of Evesham]] – an army led by Prince Edward, the future [[King]] [[Edward I of England]], defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of [[Leicester]], killing de Montfort and many of his allies. *[[1327]] &ndash; [[First War of Scottish Independence]]: [[James Douglas, Lord of Douglas]] leads a raid into Weardale and almost killed [[Edward III of England]]. *[[1532]] &ndash; The [[Duke|Duchy]] of [[Brittany]] is annexed to the [[Kingdom]] of [[France]]. *[[1578]] &ndash; [[Battle of Al-Kasr al Kebir]]: The [[Morocco|Moroccans]] defeat the [[Portugal|Portuguese]]. *[[1627]] &ndash; The [[Siege of La Rochelle]] under King [[Louis XIII of France]] begins. *[[1704]] &ndash; [[War of Spanish Succession]]: [[Gibraltar]] is captured by an [[England|English]] and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] fleet, commanded by [[Admiral]] Sir George Rooke, and allied with [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor]]. *[[1783]] &ndash; [[Mount Asama]] erupts in [[Japan]], killing about 1,400 people, and resulting in a [[famine]] that kills a further 20,000. There was a similarly destructive eruption in [[Iceland]] just two months earlier. *[[1789]] &ndash; In [[France]], members of the [[Nation]]al Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and end their privileges. *[[1791]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Sistova]] is signed, ending the [[Ottoman-Habsburg Wars]]. *[[1796]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] leads the [[French Army of Italy]] to victory in the [[Battle of Lonato]]. *[[1824]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Kos]] is fought between [[Turkey|Turkish]] and [[Greece|Greek]] forces. *[[1845]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom|British]] emigrant [[ship]] ''Catargui'' runs aground off King Island, near [[Tasmania]], killing 399 people. 9 survive. *[[1851]] &ndash; [[David Livingstone]] reaches the upper course of