Historical Events In August - 14

0410  On August - 14 alaric sacks Rome   

0554  On this day in history ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy   

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

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

1183  On this day in history 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  Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun on this day in history.   

1281  Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan on August - 14.   

1385  On this day in history portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence   

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

1395  On this day in history utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden   

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1457  On this day in history oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)   

1498  On this day in history columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela   

1551  Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli on August - 14.   

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

1559  On this day in history spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla   

1585  Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

1597  On August - 14 cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java   

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  On August - 14 dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru   

1626  Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher on this day in history.   

1636  Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens on this day in history.   

1642  Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia on August - 14.   

1642  On this day in history cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723)   

1652  On August - 14 abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60   

1675  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer on August - 14.   

1678  On August - 14 battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange   

1687  On August - 14 johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS]   

1688  On August - 14 frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants)   

1714  On August - 14 claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter   

1727  On August - 14 henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752)   

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

1737  On August - 14 charles Hutton, mathematician   

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1297  On August - 14 birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)   

1473  On this day in history birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)   

1479  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.   

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

1575  On August - 14 birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on August - 14.   

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on this day in history.   

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

0582  On this day in history death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor   

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

1204  On August - 14 death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)   

1390  Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on August - 14.   

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on August - 14.   

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on this day in history.   

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1652  On August - 14 abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60