Historical Events In August - 14

0410  Alaric sacks Rome on August - 14.   

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  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1183  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) on this day in history.   

1248  Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun on this day in history.   

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

1385  Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence on this day in history.   

1385  Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 14.   

1551  On this day in history turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli   

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher on August - 14.   

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

1585  On this day in history queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands   

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

1597  On this day in history 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 August - 14.   

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

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

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

1642  On this day in history able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia   

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

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1675  On August - 14 johann Georg Christian Storl, composer   

1678  On this day in history battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange   

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

1688  Frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants) on August - 14.   

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  Charles Hutton, mathematician on August - 14.   

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

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on August - 14.   

1479  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on August - 14.   

1552  On August - 14 birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

1575  On this day in history birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  On this day in history birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on August - 14.   

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

0582  On August - 14 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  On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

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