Historical Events In August - 14

0410  On this day in history alaric sacks Rome  

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

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

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.  

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 August - 14.  

1281  On this day in history kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan  

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

1385  Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile on August - 14.  

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 August - 14.  

1457  Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) on this day in history.  

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  Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1598  On this day in history 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  

1624  Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru on this day in history.  

1626  On August - 14 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 August - 14.  

1642  Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723) on this day in history.  

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

1675  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer on this day in history.  

1678  Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange on this day in history.  

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS] on August - 14.  

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

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

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

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

1737  On this day in history charles Hutton, mathematician  

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on this day in history.  

1473  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.  

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

1204  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)  

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  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on August - 14.  

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

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