Historical Events In August - 14

0410  On August - 14 alaric sacks Rome   

0554  Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy on August - 14.   

0582  Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.   

1167  On August - 14 raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1183  On August - 14 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 the Second Year of Juei).   

1248  On this day in history construction of Cologne Cathedral begun   

1281  On August - 14 kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan   

1385  On August - 14 portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence   

1385  On this day in history battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile   

1395  Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden on August - 14.   

1433  On August - 14 johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76   

1457  On August - 14 oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)   

1498  Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela on this day in history.   

1551  On August - 14 turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli   

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher on this day in history.   

1559  On August - 14 spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla   

1585  On August - 14 queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands   

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.   

1597  Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java on August - 14.   

1598  Irish rebel Hugh O'Neill, the earl of Tyrone, annihilates an English force at Yellow Ford, marking the greatest Irish victory in the wars with the English on this day in history.   

1624  Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru on August - 14.   

1626  On this day in history daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher   

1636  Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens on August - 14.   

1642  Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia on this day in history.   

1642  Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723) on August - 14.   

1652  On this day in history abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60   

1675  On this day in history johann Georg Christian Storl, composer   

1678  Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange on August - 14.   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS] on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants)   

1714  Claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter on August - 14.   

1727  On this day in history henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752)   

1727  William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on August - 14.   

1737  On this day in history charles Hutton, mathematician   

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1297  On this day in history birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)   

1473  On August - 14 birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)   

1479  On August - 14 birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

1552  On this day in history birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on this day in history.   

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On August - 14 birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.   

1167  On this day in history raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on this day in history.   

1390  On August - 14 death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)   

1433  On this day in history johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76   

1573  On this day in history death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

1587  On August - 14 gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on August - 14.