Historical Events In August - 14

0410  On August - 14 alaric sacks Rome  

0554  Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy on this day in history.  

0582  Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.  

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.  

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 August - 14.  

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

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

1395  Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden on August - 14.  

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

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

1498  On this day in history 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 August - 14 spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla  

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

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

1597  Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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  Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer on August - 14.  

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

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  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  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 August - 14 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 August - 14 birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher  

1575  On August - 14 birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)  

1586  On August - 14 birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)  

1599  On August - 14 birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)  

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

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

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.  

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on this day in history.  

1390  On August - 14 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  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on August - 14.  

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

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