Historical Events In August - 14

0410  On August - 14 alaric sacks Rome  

0554  Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy on August - 14.  

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  Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun on this day in history.  

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  On August - 14 utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden  

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 August - 14.  

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

1551  On August - 14 turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli  

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

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 August - 14 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  Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru on this day in history.  

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

1636  On August - 14 spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens  

1642  Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia on this day in history.  

1642  On this day in history cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723)  

1652  On this day in history abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60  

1675  On this day in history johann Georg Christian Storl, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Charles Hutton, mathematician on this day in history.  

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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  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 August - 14.  

1390  On August - 14 death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)  

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

1573  On this day in history death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)  

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

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