What Happened On 8th August 1555 In History

August 8th Famous Deaths for 1555

• » Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (b. 1494)

August 8th Holidays in History

• » Christian Calendar of saints e.g Feast Day:
• » Cyriacus
• » Saint Dominic or Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Dominican Order.
• » Pope Hormisdas e.g Hormisdas
• » Scribonius Largus called Largus
• » Mary MacKillop
• » Smaragdus (and companions)
• » August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• » Earliest day on which Melon Day can fall, while August 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in August. (Turkmenistan)
• » List of holidays by country Tanzania known as Farmer’s Day or 'Nane Nane', Swahili for "8-8". (Tanzania)

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