Historical Events In August - 14

0410  On this day in history alaric sacks Rome  

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

0582  Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.  

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

1183  On August - 14 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  On this day in history kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan  

1385  On August - 14 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 August - 14.  

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

1457  On this day in history 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  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  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  On August - 14 spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens  

1642  Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia on August - 14.  

1642  On August - 14 cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723)  

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

1675  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer on August - 14.  

1678  On this day in history battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange  

1687  On this day in history 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  On this day in history claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter  

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  Charles Hutton, mathematician on this day in history.  

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1297  On August - 14 birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)  

1473  On August - 14 birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)  

1479  On this day in history birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)  

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  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on this day in history.  

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 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  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  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on this day in history.  

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

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