Historical Events In August - 14

0410  On this day in history alaric sacks Rome  

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 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 this day in history.  

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  Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence on August - 14.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli  

1552  On August - 14 fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher  

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

1585  On this day in history queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands  

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

1597  Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java on August - 14.  

1598  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1636  On August - 14 spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens  

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  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer on this day in history.  

1678  Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange on August - 14.  

1687  On this day in history johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler (Nassau-Dietz) [NS]  

1688  On August - 14 frederik Willem I, king of Prussia (bodyguard of giants)  

1714  On August - 14 claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter  

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

1727  William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1737  Charles Hutton, mathematician on this day in history.  

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on this day in history.  

1473  On this day in history birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)  

1479  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on August - 14.  

1552  On this day in history birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher  

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

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 August - 14.  

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

0582  On this day in history 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 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 August - 14.  

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

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.  

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on this day in history.