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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 1

August 1:

• 1203 - Isaac II Angelus, restored Eastern Roman Emperor, declares his son Alexius IV Angelus co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Ciaran Fourth Crusade.
• 1492 - Ferdinand and Isabella drive the Jews out of Spain.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 2

August 2:

• 1931 - Pierre DuMaine, Catholic bishop, born.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 3

August 3:

• 435 - Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of the Christological "heresy" (at the time) known as Nestorianism, was exiled by Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 4

August 4:

• AD 70 - The destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 5

August 5:

• 1944 - Holocaust: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 6

August 6:

• 1504 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, born. (d. 1575)

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 7

August 7:

• 1933 - The Iraqi Government slaughtered over 3,000 Assyrian Christians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes Assyrian Martyrs day.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 8

August 8:

• 1844 - The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is created as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church).

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 9

August 9:

• 1048 - Pope Damasus II dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 10

August 10:

• 610 - In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 11

August 11:

• 586 BC - The First Temple (originally built by King Solomon) is destroyed by the Babylonians in Jerusalem.
• AD 70 - The Second Temple is destroyed by the Roman army in Jerusalem.
• 1492 - Alexander VI is elected Pope.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 12

August 12:

• 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces under Al-Afdal Shahanshah. Considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 13

August 13:

• 523 - John succeeds Hormisdas as Pope.
• 1099 - Paschal II elected Pope.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 14

August 14:

• 1880 - Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, completed.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 15

August 15:

• 1534 - Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates took initial vows that would lead to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September of 1540.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 16

August 16:

• 1327 - Roch, French saint, dies.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 17

August 17:

• 1938 - Abu Bakar Bashir, Indonesian Muslim cleric, born.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 18

August 18:

• 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus (mythology) was founded, starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica.
• 1572 - Wedding in Paris of the Huguenot King Henry IV of Navarre with Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 19

August 19:

• 1692 - Salem Witch Trials: In Salem, Massachusetts, USA five women and a clergyman are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
• 1768 - Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 20

August 20:

• 636 - Battle of Yarmuk: Arab forces led by Khalid bin 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.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 21

August 21:

• 1760 - The church (later cathedral) of "Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)" is founded, establishing the basis for the founding of the city.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 22

August 22:

• 1968 - Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 23

August 23:

• 1591 - Luis Ponce de León, Spanish poet and mystic, dies. (b. 1527)

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 24

August 24:

• 1215 - Pope Innocent III declares the Magna Carta invalid.
• 1349 - Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz because they are blamed for the bubonic plague.
• 1391 - Jews massacred in Palma de Mallorca.
• 1456 - The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 25

August 25:

• 1905 - Saint Faustina, Polish religious leader, born. (d. 1938)

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 26

August 26:

• 1942 - Holocaust in Chortkiv, western Ukraine: At 2.30 am the German Schutzpolizei starts driving Jews out of houses, splits in groups of 120, packs them in freight cars and deports 2000 Jews to the Bełżec extermination camp. 500 sick and children were murdered on the spot.
• 1978 - Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elevated to the Papacy.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 27

August 27:

• 1545 - Piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop, born. (b. 1487)

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 28

August 28:

• 1189 – The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 29

August 29:

• 1261 - Urban IV becomes Pope, the last man to do so without being a Cardinal first.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 30

August 30:

• 1574 - Guru Ram Das became the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.

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Portal:Religion/On this day/August 31

August 31:

• 651 - Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary, dies.