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  On August - 14 tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor   

1167  On August - 14 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 this day in history.   

1248  On August - 14 construction of Cologne Cathedral begun   

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

1385  Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1626  Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher on August - 14.   

1636  On August - 14 spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens   

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  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  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 August - 14.   

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

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

1727  On August - 14 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 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 August - 14.   

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

1204  On August - 14 death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)   

1390  On this day in history death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)   

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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