Historical Events In August - 14

0410  Alaric sacks Rome on this day in history.   

0554  On August - 14 ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy   

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

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 August - 14.   

1281  Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1559  Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla on August - 14.   

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

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  On August - 14 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  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  On August - 14 able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia   

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 August - 14 johann Georg Christian Storl, composer   

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

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

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 this day in history charles Hutton, mathematician   

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on August - 14.   

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

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

1586  On August - 14 birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

1599  On this day in history birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on August - 14.   

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

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

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

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

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

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