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

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 August - 14.  

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 August - 14 portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence  

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

1395  Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden on this day in history.  

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

1457  Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) on August - 14.  

1498  On August - 14 columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela  

1551  On August - 14 turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli  

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

1559  Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla on this day in history.  

1585  Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands on August - 14.  

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

1597  Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java on this day in history.  

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

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

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 August - 14 cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723)  

1652  On this day in history 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  Frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants) on August - 14.  

1714  On this day in history claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter  

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

1727  On this day in history william Croft, composer, dies at 48  

1737  On August - 14 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 this day in history birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)  

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

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on August - 14.  

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

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 August - 14.  

0582  On August - 14 death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor  

1167  On this day in history 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  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.  

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