Historical Events In August - 14

0410  On August - 14 alaric sacks Rome   

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

0582  On August - 14 tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor   

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  On this day in history construction of Cologne Cathedral begun   

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

1385  On August - 14 portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence   

1385  On August - 14 battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castile   

1395  On August - 14 utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden   

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

1457  On August - 14 oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)   

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

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

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 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  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 this day in history 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 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 August - 14.   

1675  On August - 14 johann Georg Christian Storl, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1688  Frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants) on this day in history.   

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  On August - 14 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  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1479  On August - 14 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  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  On August - 14 birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1573  On August - 14 death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

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

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